Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
On tip of the handle is a ship labeled HALFMOON. Below this is a bust labeled HENDRIK HUDSON and then a vertical inscription HUDSON RIVER. In the gilt bowl are enamled two ships, one labeled HALF MOON 1609, and the other HENDRIK HUDSON 1909, probably a Hudson River boat. On the back is a bust labeled ROBERT FULTON and a boat labeled CLERMONT.
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- enamel
- Made in:
- USA
- Date made:
- Early 20th c.
- Size:
- 14.1 cm (5 9/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.537
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK; INSCRIPTION on back: Sterling at tip: Halfmoon, Hendrik Hudson, Hudson River inside bowl: Half Moon 1609 Hendrik Hudson 1909 on back: Robert Fulton Clermont 1807
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973