Object Number 2016.0002.001.001 B

Object Name

Stand (Salver or stand)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Kathy Field Malavasic

Creator (Role)

William Gale Sr. (Maker)
1799-1867

John Willis (Manufacturer)

Place of Origin

New York, New York, North America

Origin Notes

Broome Street manufactory.

Date

1859

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Body, underside; GALE & WILLIS, stamped
2. Mark; Body, underside; 925 STERLIN[G], stamped
3. Mark; Body, underside; NEW-YORK, stamped, double struck
4. Mark; Body, underside; horizontal diamond with the year date 1859, double struck

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

0.89 (H) , 7.5 (L) , 6.3 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.25 (H) , 19 (L) , 16 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Hofer, Margaret K. & Bach, Debra Schmidt. 2011 Stories in Sterling: Four Centuries of Silver in New York.
• Similar object, pp. 100-101.
[Book] Venable, Charles L. 1994 Silver in America 1840-1940 A Century of Splendor.
• Similar design, Fig. 3.5, p. 53.