Card-case Sculptor: Ernest Wise Keyser (American, 1876–1959)
Manufacturer: Battin and Company (American, active ca. 1896-1927)
Retailer: Mark Cross (American, founded 1845)
Honorand: William Travers Jerome, American, 1859–1934
Patron: Austen George Fox, American, 1849–1937
Patron: Charles Dana Gibson, American, 1867–1944
Patron: Colonel William Rand Jr., American, 1867–1931
Patron: David H. Greer, American, 1844–1919
Patron: Edward Morse Shepard, American, 1850–1911
Patron: Elbridge T. Gerry, American, 1837–1927
Patron: Finley Peter Dunne, American, 1867–1936
Patron: George McAneny, American, 1869–1953
Patron: Henry W. Taft, American, 1859–1945
Patron: John Mclean Nash, American, 1848–1916
Patron: Joseph Hodges Choate, American, 1832–1917
Patron: Norman Hapgood, American, 1868–1937
Patron: Robert Fulton Cutting, American, 1852–1934
Patron: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American, 1835–1910
Patron: Thomas Hastings, American, 1784–1872
Patron: Walter Damrosch, American, born Germany, 1862–1950

1909

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Parcel-gilt sterling silver

Dimensions

3 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (8.8 × 4.5 cm, 58 g)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Coyle, LL.B. 1943

Accession Number

1994.16.1

Geography

Made in Newark, New Jersey

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

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Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Coyle; gift 1994 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions, January 1994–December 1995," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (1995–96), 131
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Marks

"CROSS" incuse on bottom edge; "STERLING/ [symbol composed of a "w" intersected sideways by a triton, the three tine to the right of the "w"]" incuse on the interior of the cap.

Inscriptions

Obverse: "WILLIAM TRAVERS JEROME MCMIX" in relief on seal above man's profile; "E.W. Keyser" incused on seal below man's profile; "MAY·7·MCMIX" engraved below the seal.\r\nReverse: "COMMITTEE" engraved on cap. "Joseph H Choate / David H Greer [underlined] / Edward M Shepard / SL. Clemens / Thomas Hastings / R. Fulton Cutting / George McAneny / Austen G Fox / F P Dunne [underlined] / William Rand Jr / C. D. Gibson / Elbridge T Gerry [underlined] / Norman Hapgood / John ML Nash [underlined] / Henry W Taft / Walter Damrosch" engraved on body of reverse.

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