Collection Highlights
View from Cozzen's Hotel Near West Point, N.Y.
Date:
1863
Object Number:
S-189
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Porringer
Object Number:
1941.1008
Date:
1891-1902
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 7/8 x 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. ( 4.8 x 13.3 x 19 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on the base: "TIFFANY & Co/ 9421 MAKERS 1004/ STERLING SILVER/ 925-1000/ T"
Description:
Wrought and cast silver porringer; shallow, circular bowl with sides curving out from the slightly domed base to the everted lip with applied, molded rim; applied, cast and pierced handle with foliate and grape motifs, and a female mask below a scallop shell, between two mermen; makers' marks on the base.
Gallery Label:
This porringer belonged to Mary Nesbitt de Groot (1851-1929).
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
