Museum Collections

Molded silver crumber with upturned pointed oval handle with twisted, spiral stem and scroll decoration; obverse of handle-end engraved "Mary Ann Cobb,/ from her Husband" in script characters; reverse handle-end engraved "May 26, 1860", also in script; blade is flat ovoid ellipse with square shoulders, lower flat edge and upper raised and scalloped; face of blade is engraved with seascape depicting lighthouse on rocks with a dock, and has houses, boats, and hills in the background; no hallmarks. Ovoid brown leather box has tooled foliate scroll decoration on slightly domed lid; bottom lined with white cardboard and green velvet molded to cradle crumber; top of the lid lined with white silk; retailer's label affixed to inside of lid; two metal hook-and-eye closures on the outside.