Cigar box
Exhibitions:
Object name:
Cigar box
Date:
1930
Medium:
Silver
Description:
This lavish box, an example of Tiffany & Co’s “Special Hand Work,” was presented to discerning cigar smoker Al Smith, the self-made New York politician who ascended from the Lower East Side to four terms as governor of the State of New York.
Credit Line:
New-York Historical Society, Purchase
Object Number:
2004.49
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Aeronautical trophy
Exhibitions:
Object name:
Aeronautical trophy
Date:
1907
Medium:
Silver, wood
Description:
In 1910, champion balloonist Alan R. Hawley (1869-1938) won this magnificent trophy, the Lahm Aeronautical Cup, for his record-breaking flight from St. Louis, Missouri to Chicoutimi County in Quebec. At a distance of 1,172.9 miles, the two-day flight was the longest balloon trip undertaken in United States history.
Credit Line:
New-York Historical Society, Bequest of Alan R. Hawley
Object Number:
1938.250a-c
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Exhibitions:
Relating Tags:
Object name:
Pitcher
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Silver
Description:
An early retailer of luxury goods, Tiffany, Young & Ellis offered patrons a wide assortment of stylish table silver, including this Asian-inspired water pitcher. The firm began retailing silver made by others around 1847 and contracted its own silver manufacture starting in 1851.
Credit Line:
New-York Historical Society, Presented in memory of Cruger Delafield Grosbeck Fowler by Mrs. Cruger D. G. Fowler and Family
Object Number:
1983.7
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ice cream dish
Exhibitions:
Relating Tags:
Object name:
Ice cream dish
Date:
1877-1878
Medium:
Silver
Description:
Embodying the extravagant excess of the Gilded Age, this exotic ice cream dish was part of a 1,250-piece dinner service commissioned from Tiffany & Co. by “silver king” John W. Mackay (1831-1902) for his wife, Marie Louise Hungerford Mackay (1843-1928).
Credit Line:
New-York Historical Society, Gift of Mr. John Mackay
Object Number:
1980.14
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tankard
Exhibitions:
Object name:
Tankard
Date:
1712
Medium:
Silver
Description:
This tankard was presented to Cornelia DePeyster (1690-1756) and Oliver Stephen Teller (1685-1729) for their wedding in 1712, and subsequently donated to the New-York Historical Society along with De Peyester’s wedding dress and ring.
Credit Line:
New-York Historical Society, Gift of Mrs. Arthur T. Sutcliffe
Object Number:
1952.109
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coffeepot
Exhibitions:
Object name:
Coffeepot
Date:
1775-1776
Medium:
Silver
Description:
Originally purchased by New York’s Gouverneur Morris during his time in France as the United States minister, this late eighteenth-century coffeepot was sold to Robert R. Livingston, a fellow Francophile and a successor as minister to France.
Credit Line:
New-York Historical Society, Gift of Mr. Goodhue Livingston
Object Number:
1951.284
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tankard
Exhibitions:
Object name:
Tankard
Date:
ca. 1793
Medium:
Silver
Description:
Owned by New York merchant Robert Lenox (1759-1839), this stately tankard is among the few tankards made after the Revolutionary War, and one of the only known Neoclassical New York examples extant.
Credit Line:
New-York Historical Society, Bequest of Waldron Phoenix Belknap Jr.
Object Number:
1950.256
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Charles Lewis Tiffany (1812-1902)
Exhibitions:
Relating Tags:
Object name:
Charles Lewis Tiffany (1812-1902)
Date:
1840
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Description:
Charles L. Tiffany founded the famous silver and jewelry firm Tiffany & Co. in 1837. The business began as a small stationery and gift shop, Tiffany and Young. This portrait depicts the young entrepreneur in 1840, before his firm became a major retailer of fine silver.
Credit Line:
New-York Historical Society, Gift of Mrs. Comfort Tiffany Gilder
Object Number:
1948.393
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Welcome Home, Al
July 01, 2005
September 11, 2005
Pages
