Museum Object Number1952.0291 |
Box (Snuff box)
Metals
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
Barent Ten Eyck (Maker)
As per Darling, New York State Silversmiths, pp. 174-175: Jacob Ten Eyck was the son of Koenraet Ten Eyck and Geertje Van Schaick. One of his brothers was Jacob Ten Eyck, who he may have been apprenticed to. He married Elsie Gansevoort in 1752, (L. Clouser, cataloguer, 03/03/2011)
1714
1795
Albany, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1750-1760
1. Mark; Interior, bottom; "B·E" stamped in a rectangle
2. Inscription; Underside; "I*K" engraved
Birds
Silver; Brass
Engraved
0.472 (H) , 2.795 (L) , 2.48 (W) , 1.799 (Weight)
1.2 (H) , 7.1 (L) , 6.3 (W) , 51 (Weight)
Text available soon.
[Book] Blackburn, Roderic H. & Piwonka, Ruth. 1988 Remembrance of Patria: Dutch Arts and Culture in Colonial America, 1609-1776. 318 p.
• Published: p. 284, no. 307
[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: p. 295, no. 264