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Final Study Silver Flashcards

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Federal Silver

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  • Rolled silver
  • Servise sets
  • Bright cutting - patterned bands
  • Fluted shapes, Urns etc.
  • Pierces galleries
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Empire Silver

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  • similar to empire furniture in style
  • heavey, lobed forms
  • ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian
  • electroplating
  • drop stamping
  • die rolling
  • circular saw
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American Glass

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  • Mostly imported
    • ​european immigrants
  • made with ancient techniques
  • venice as a center of glassmaking

Glass = silica (sand), and alkali (potash)

  • 18C factories
    • Caspar Wistar 1739
    • William Henry Stiegel, 1765
    • Johann Frederick Amelung, 1785
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American Ceramics

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  • English continental & Asian imports
  • Redware
  • Stoneware
  • Porcelain
  • Bonnin & Morris
  • Tucker
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Pweter

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  • Alloy of tin (lead, copper…)
  • cast in molds
  • style changes slowley
  • daily use, not durable
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Fluted teapot

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Fluted teapot

Paul Revere

Boston

1890

bright cut banding

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“Revere Pitchers”

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“Revere Pitchers”

Paul Revere

Boston

design from liverpool England

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Tea & Coffee Set

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Tea & Coffee Set

Christian Wiltberger

Philladelphia

ca1790

Sugarbowl, creamer, wastebowl, teapots

Federal

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Tea set

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Tea set

Charles Burnett

Virginia

1825

Empire

melon/lobed shaped

Creamer, teapot, waste bowl

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Presentation Pitcher

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Presentation Pitcher

Baldwin Gardner

NYC

1830s

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Presentation Urn

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Presentation Urn

Fletcher and Gardner

Philladelphia

1824

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Tucker urn vase

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Urn vase

Tucker Factory

Philladelphia

1831-35

First successul Porclain manufacturer in America

Porclain with enamel and guid decoration

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Pitcher

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Pitcher

Tucker Factory

Philladelphia

1830

Porclain

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Chalice & paten

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Chalice & paten

Cooper & Fisher

NYC

1850s

gothic revival

early enamel on silver

made fro trinity church

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Pitcher

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Pitcher

Zalmon Bostwick

NYC

1845

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Silver tea set

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Silver tea set

Charters, Cann & Dunn

NYC

1850

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Magic Castor

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Magic Castor

Roswell Gleason

1857

silver plated

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Tea Pot

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Tea Pot

Obadiah Rich

Boston

1845

Rococo Rivival

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Bottle

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Bottle

Wistarburg Glassworks

Salem

1745-55

Green Glass

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Pocket bottle

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Pocket bottle

Henry William Stiegel

Pensylvania

1769-74

Colored glass

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Covered Glass Goblet/pokal

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Covered Glass Goblet/pokal

Johan Fredrick Amelung

Meryland

1785-95

more simplistic

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Decanter

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Decanter

Bakewell

Pittsburg

1826-35

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Bishop Mug

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Bishop Mug

Thomas Chains

Boston

1821-25

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Platter - redware

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Platter - redware

Pensylvania German

1850s

earthenware

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Jar - stoneware
Jar - stoneware Vermont 1855-59 stoneware cobolt decoration
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Quillwork Scone
Quillwork Scone Boston 1730
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Can Pewter
Can Pewter William Will Philladelphia
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Teapot pewter
Teapot pewter Philladelphia 1764-98
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Teapot pewter
Teapot pewter Philladelphia 1764-98
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Wine Cup/standing cup
Wine Cup/standing cup Hull and Sanderson 1650-90 baluster base used for communion
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Candle sticks
Candle sticks Jeramiah Dummer Boston 1686 engraved on base with family's coat of arms
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Two handled cup
Two handled cup John Cony Boston ca 1650-1700 chasing pattern
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Chocolate Pot
Chocolate Pot Edward Winslow Boston 1700-10 early baroque/queen anne gadrooning unscrew finial - stiring rod
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Sugar box
Sugar box John Cony Boston 1680-1700 scrolled feet symbolizes fertility, snake
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Tankard
Tankard John Cony Boston 1690s communal drinking vessel, passed around applied thumb decor common form
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Standing Salt box
Salt box Jeremiah Dummer Boston ca1700
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**_Monteith_**
Monteith John Coney Boston 1700-10 Large punch bowl fro cooling glasses A masterpiece
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Tankard
Tankard John Coney Boston 1700-10 Late baroque/queen anne tankers = shorter than flaglon gadrooned edge lightley chased lit cast thumb piece with man of the moon
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**_Two handled covered cup_**
Two handled covered cup Jacob Herd Boston 1740s mid band raised as a single piece engraved coats of arms
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Super bowl/brandy wine bowl
Super bowl/brandy wine bowl Cornelius Kierstedt NYC ca1700-10 panel with floral motifs cast handles dogs and dragons
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Sugar bowl & creamer
Sugar bowl & creamer Paule Revere Boston 1760s Rococo/Chippendale paired c-scrolls asymmetrical pine cone
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Tea Pot
Tea Pot Van Dyck NYC 1720-35 Queen Anne pear shape no ornament
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Sugar bowl
Sugar bowl Siemon Soumaine NYC 1738-45 clean beautiful lines delicate shape engraving, initials
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Bread & cake basket
Bread & cake basket Daniel Christian Fueter NYC 1765 pierced decoration swing handle
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Coffee pot
Coffee pot **_Myer Myers_** NYC 1770s
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Tea Kettle
Tea Kettle Joseph Richardsson Philladelphia 1745-54 Chippendale
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Snuffbox
Snuffbox Joseph Richardson Philladelphia 1750-70 asymmetrical rococo style ornament
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Coffee pot
Coffee pot Richard Humphreys Philladelphia 1755-65
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Fruit basket
Fruit basket Bonnin & Morris Philladelphia 1771-72 Soft paste porcelain
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Covered water pitcher
Covered water pitcher Fletcher & Gardiner Philladelphia 1811-25 empire
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Beaker
Hull and Sanderson Boston 1650-90 communion puritan(simple) silver
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