Collection Highlights
Tontine Coffee House, N.Y.C.
ca. 1797
1907.32
oil on linen, lined to fiberglass
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Waiter
Object name
Waiter
Date
1747/48
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 1 x 6 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 15.6 cm )
Description
Wrought silver waiter; flat, round dish with an applied, cast, scrolled lip and applied, cast, scrolled and shell rim; three cast molded pad feet; engraved on the base, "EVANS/ 1721" in block letters; maker's marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss M. Gertrude Deavenport, in memory of her mother and sister
Object Number
1954.41
Marks
engraved: on the base: "EVANS/ 1721" in block letters
stamped: on the base: lion passant conforming, leopard's head crowned in a cartouche, "m" in a cartouche, "WP" conjoined in a heart
Gallery Label
This waiter originally belonged to Dorothy Evans. It was passed to her daughter Margaret Fee (b. 1758), who married Captain Clement Miller. The Millers passed it to their daughter Frances, who married Richard Farmer, who gave it to the donor.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
