Collection Highlights
Drawing by Sargeant: Figure Studies after Tintoretto's "Worship of the Golden Calf"; verso: sketch of a horse-drawn carriage and a more finished study of a horse
c. 1874
1935.85.2.24
Graphite on ivory paper, formerly mounted on a page of James Carroll Beckwith Album 1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pitcher
Object name
Pitcher
Date
ca. 1829
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. ( 15.2 x 12.1 x 16.5 cm )
Description
Wrought and seamed silver pitcher; squat, globular body tapering to a circular foot and incurved to an applied, die-rolled floral and grape leaf shoulder band; die-rolled meander wire and foliate band around the footring; applied concave shoulder and cylindrical neck that flares to a broad pouring lip; die-rolled meander wire and foliate band around the outside of the rim; hollow cast s-scroll handle; engraved, "B" on the center front in gothic script; maker's mark on the base.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot
Object Number
1947.3
Marks
stamped: on the base: "J. CRAWFORD" in roman letters in a rectangle below two eradicated marks
engraved: front center: "B" in gothic script
Gallery Label
This pitcher belonged to Martha Coggeshall Holly (b. 1804), who married John Bissell in 1829.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
