Presentation Pitcher

Creator Baldwin Gardiner (1791-1869)

Accession number 88.81.1

Unique identifier MNY44688

Description Baluster-shaped pitcher with hollow S-scroll handle, ornamented at base and shoulder with applied die-rolled pinnate leaf-and-dart border and narrow acanthus-leaf border at lip, and body with repoussé-chased laurel wreath supported by flags and cannon forming reserve opposite the handle. Inscription: Engraved within wreath: To / Capt. ALLEN A. RABINEAU / by the Officers & Privates / of the Lafayette Guards / FEBy. 22d, 1836 / Gordon S. Mumford, Eric W. Snow / Richard L. Brooks, John Jamison/Hillel Sexias. Mark: Struck twice on underside of base in serrated rectangle: B [pellet] GARDINER.

Dated 1836

Object Type pitcher (vessel)

Inscription / technical details engraved within wreath with presentation inscription to Capt. Allen A. Rabineau from the officers and privates of the lafayette Guards, February 22, 1836

Physical dimensions H: 10 1/2 in. DIAM: 4 3/4 in. WEIGHT: 26.70 oz.

Medium silver (metal)

File dimensions 18.3 in × 18.3 in at 300dpi
46.5 cm × 46.5 cm at 300dpi

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