Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Luce Center
Sauce ladle
Object Number:
1937.205
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 2 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 20.3 x 7 x 3.2 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "MJS" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "G. W. & H." in a rectangle, bust in an oval and an eagle in an oval
Description:
Silver ladle with an upturned fiddle thread handle with short midribs on both sides and the engraving, "MJS" in script; sugar loaf shoulders and a horizontal elliptical bowl; makers' marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Gallery Label:
This ladle descended to the donor through Jonathan Dayton Williamson and Louise Schermerhorn.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Constance Schermerhorn Skillin
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
