Collection Highlights
Snake jug
Date:
1871
Object Number:
1906.6ab
Medium:
Stoneware
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Table forks (3)
Object Number:
INV.14105a-c
Date:
ca. 1830-1840
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 8 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 1 in. ( 21 x 2.9 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the underside of the handles: in banners, "SPERO MELIORA" in roman letters
stamped: on the undersides of the stems: "B. GARDINER" in a rectangle between two "S" in rectangles
Description:
Three silver table forks with upturned fiddle thread handles with short midribs on the front and the Livingston family crest engraved on the underside, a ship of three masts on fess below a banner with the engraved motto, "SPERO MELIORA" in roman letters; flared shoulders and four tines on each; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the stems.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
