Collection Highlights
Journael Gehouden opt’ schip den gulden Bever en tschip den gulden Otter van de Manathans naer Patria Ende Wedrom naer de Manathans (Journal kept aboard the Ship the Golden Beaver and the Ship the Golden Otter from the Manhattans to Patria and the return)
Date:
October 1660- June 1663
Object Number:
MSS.Ships.Journals.1600
Medium:
Ink on paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ladle
Object Number:
1950.182
Date:
ca. 1871
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 3 in. ( 31.1 x 10.5 x 7.6 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "MAB" superimposed
stamped: on the underside of the stem: "* F & H *"
Description:
Silver ladle with down-turned, pointed-end handle decorated with foliate and geometric decoration and framed with Vitruvian scroll; handle engraved with cipher "MAB" in Gothic-style characters; deep, horizontal elliptical bowl is gilded on both obverse and reverse; makers' hallmark stamped on the underside of handle.
Gallery Label:
This ladle was given to Marie Antoinette Baker Davis on the occasion of her marriage to Fellows Davis October 17, 1871.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Dudley Davis in memory of his mother Marie Antoinette Baker Davis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
