Pitcher | Yale University Art Gallery

1862–67

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

Tiffany and Company was the leading retailer of silver in New York City at the time this pitcher was made. Although the firm eventually had its own manufacturing capabilities, in its early years it used existing manufacturing silversmiths to fill orders, as in the case of this pitcher by William Gale and Son. With its entwined ivy and oak branches and rusticated handle it exemplifies the Rococo Revival style.

Medium: Sterling silver
Dimensions: 11 3/4 × 5 1/4 × 8 3/4 in. (29.845 × 13.335 × 22.225 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Victoria Keator DePalma in memory of Rt. Rev. Frederic William Keator, Yale College 1880, and Frederic William Keator, Jr., Yale, M.E. 1924
Accession Number: 1999.98.1
Geography: Made in New York, New York
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Containers
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Provenance

Frederic M. Keator (1855-1924); descent through his family to Mrs. Victoria Keator DePalma (1933-2022), Milford, Conn.; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1999

Bibliography

"Acquisitions, 1999," in "The Architecture of the Yale University Art Gallery," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2000), 163

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

pitchers, utilitarian objects

Marks

"Tiffany & Co. [o superscript over a dot] / G9770G/ ENGLISH STERLING/ 925-1000/6/550 BROADWAY. N-Y" [all Roman capitals] incused on underside; "62" and "17674" scratched on underside.

Inscriptions

"Friendship & Affectionate/ Farewell/ to [script]/ the Rev. Frederic M. Keator [Gothic font]/ January 15th 1896/ Edgewater Ills. [script]" engraved on blank panel on front of the pitcher's body.

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