Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln
Date:
April, 1865
Object Number:
PR.011.10
Medium:
Albumen print, carte-de-visite photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tea service
Object Number:
1983.16a-d
Date:
1817/18
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/8 x 11 3/8 x 6 5/8 in. (14.3 x 28.9 x 16.8 cm)
Marks:
engraved: on the front centers: the arms of the Maitland family, a crowned leopard seated on fess with spread arms, holding a sword in the left paw and a clover in the right
stamped: on the bases: "JMc/." in a rectangle, in roman letters, surrounded by,
Description:
Wrought silver tea service including a teapot, sugar bowl, creamer and waste bowl; squat, round bodies with narrow, tapering gadrooning around the lower body; applied, stepped and concave shoulders with horizontally applied foliate scroll bands; seated on short, circular, stepped and molded pedestals with vertically applied beaded footrings; engraved on the front centers with the arms of the Maitland family, a crowned leopard seated on fess with spread arms, holding a sword in the left paw and a clover in the right; maker's marks stamped on the bases.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Elsie Stevenson Magie
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
