Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
ca. 1630
1885.5
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cake server
Object name
Cake server
Date
1885-1900
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 8 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 1 5/8 in. ( 22.2 x 7 x 4.1 cm )
Description
Silver cake server with engraved and pierced flat blade and pointed oval-end handle with upturned tip; handle stem is beaded along obverse; obverse of blade is ornamented with interlaced scrolls and Moresque motifs; stamped with maker's mark along reverse of handle stem.
"Oriental" pattern.
Credit Line
Gift of M. F. Savage
Object Number
1930.41
Marks
stamped: on reverse of handle: ". . . PATENT 1885" and "TIFFANY & Co."
Gallery Label
The "Oriental" pattern was designed by John Polhamus (active 1833-1875) and Henry Hebbard (active 1847-1877) and patented July 3, 1855.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
