Tablespoon Maker: Oliver D. Seymour and J. Hollister (w. ca. 1850)

ca. 1850

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of Olive Louise Dann

Accession Number

1962.31.57

Geography

Made in Hartford, Connecticut

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Flatware

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Provenance
By bequest in 1962 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver in the Yale University Art Gallery, 2 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1970), vol. 1, p. 267, no. 452
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

tablespoons

Marks

"SEYMOUR & HOLLISTER" incised, star in circle and eagle in square with rounded corners (on back of handle)

Inscriptions

"HMW" engraved on front of handle\r\n

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