Communion Service Maker: Christian Wiltberger (1766–1851)

ca. 1815–30

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

12 in. (30.5 cm)
other (Lip): 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
base: 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1932.57a-f

Geography

Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
St. John's Church, Philadelphia, Pa. (?); Stephen K. Nagy, Philadelphia, Pa. (?); Francis P. Garvan, New York, N.Y. (1932).
Bibliography
  • Barbara M. Ward and Gerald W. R. Ward, eds., Silver in American Life: Selections from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1979), 36, 92, no. 68, ill
  • 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. 207, no. 874, ill
  • Kathryn C. Buhler, French, English, and American Silver, exh. cat. (Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1956), 79, no. 303
  • Philadelphia Silver, 1682–1800: Exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, April 14–May 27, 1956, exh. cat. (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1956), no. 578–79, 583–86
  • An Introduction to Silver: Catalogue of an Exhibition on View Oct. 31, 1953–May 9, 1954, exh. cat. (Newark, N.J.: Newark Museum, 1953), no. 114
  • American Church Silver, exh. cat. (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.: Cranbrook Art Museum, 1952), no. 40
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Marks

"C. Wiltberger" in conforming punch on bottom, twice

Inscriptions

"68 oz 2 dwt" scratched on bottom

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