Object Number 2011.0002

Object Name

Server (Fish server)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds lovingly provided by children and family of Louise Conway Belden to celebrate her 100th birthday, November 1, 2010

Creator (Role)

William Gale Sr. (Maker)
1799-1867

Nathaniel Hayden (Maker)
1805-1875

Gale & Hayden (Maker)

H. E. Baldwin & Company (Merchant)-1852

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Horace E. Baldwin had jewelry firms in Newark, New Jersey and New Orleans, Louisiana. It is possible this fish server was retailed in New Orleans.

Date

1846

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Blade, underside, near handle; "G/&/H" in an ellipse above a horizontal oval above "1/46/8" in diamond, stamped
2. Mark; Blade, underside, near handle; "H.E. BALDWIN & CO" stamped in rectangle

Dimensions (inches)

10.75 (L) , 5.1 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

27.305 (L) , 144 (Weight)

Object Description

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