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Flags on 57th Street, Winter of 1918
1918
1984.68
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Decanter with stopper
Object name
Decanter with stopper
Date
ca. 1905
Medium
Crystal with silver mounts
Dimensions
Overall: 8 x 5 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. ( 20.3 x 13.3 x 11.7 cm )
Description
Crystal jug-type decanter and stopper in silver and 18 k gold mounts. Decanter mounts has base of octagonal silver frieze decorated with 18 k gold lettering "1855/May 29/1905" and framed with 18 k gold base-band. Decanter mount extends from frieze to neck in form of naturalistic openwork basket of trailing foliage accented with 18 k gold woodbine leaves and branches. Cap of stopper is mounted in silver with 18 k gold accents.
Credit Line
Gift of Leila Eliott Burton Hadley Luce
Object Number
2006.4.2ab
Marks
stamped at stopper mount: 'TIFFANY & CO./MAKERS 1932 STERLING SILVER/AND/18KT.'
Gallery Label
This silver and 18K gold tray and decanter belonged to Frank Vincent Burton (1855-1922) and depict his Hudson River estate Woodbine, completed in 1905. A prominent New York merchant, Burton was a participant in the legendary 1903 Billings dinner, where guests dined on horseback at Louis Sherry's celebrated Fifth Avenue restaurant.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.