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ca. 1794

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900

Medium: Silver, bone
Dimensions: 4 1/16 × 2 1/2 × 13/16 in. (10.37 × 6.35 × 2.06 cm, 140 g)
Credit Line: Mabel Brady Garvan Collection
Accession Number: 1936.178a-c
Geography: Made in New York, New York
Culture: American
Period: 18th century
Classification: Containers
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Provenance

Oliver De Lancey, New York, New York; subsequent members of the De Lancey family; Francis P. Garvan (1875 - 1937), New York, New York.

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. 2, p. 129, no. 703

V. Isabelle Miller, Silver by New York Makers, Late 17th Century to 1900, exh. cat. (New York: Museum of the City of New York, 1937), 11, no. 105

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Marks

"W (superscript and underlined with three dots).G. Forbes." on rectangle on side of cover.

Inscriptions

"Eliz(h superscript)/ De Lancey/ ob(t superscript). 23 Sept(r superscript)./ 1784/ Aet. 64" on urn, with drapery through loop at top and handles, engraved on side; "This/ MEMORIAL/ was bequeathed/ by the best of/ MOTHERS/ to her Son/ Oliver/ De Lancey" in wreath under crown of five points, each topped by a star, on other side; "E.DeL./ to O.DeL" on top of lid; "When you Receive this Token,/ The Parent who gives it,/ Will be no longer here on Earth./ Let us live so as to hope to meet/ in Heaven" on bottom.

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