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