Partial Breakfast Service Designer: William Parkin (American, 1854–1872)
Manufacturer: Reed and Barton (American, founded 1840)
Retailer: Starr and Marcus (American, 1864–1877)

1872

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Silverplated base metal, ivory

Dimensions

11 3/4 × 9 in. (29.8 × 22.9 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. David H. Clement, B.S. 1931, and Mr. and Mrs. H. Wick Chambers, Jr., B.A. 1931

Accession Number

1980.67A-F

Geography

Made in Taunton, Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Mrs. Dexter Baldwin Chambers (née Florence Wick, 1844–1906), Cleveland, Ohio; by descent to her daughter-in-law Mrs. Henry Wick Chambers (née Constance Redfield, 1875–1965), Litchfield, Connecticut; by descent to her daughter Mrs. David Hale Clement (née Constance Chambers, 1911–2003), New Haven, Connecticut; by gift to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, 1980
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 1980," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 38, no. 2 (Winter 1982), 69
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

breakfast services

Inscriptions

struck on base: "Starr & Marcus/(Pa)tent applied for/2585/7 "

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