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Presentation Vase

Thomas Fletcher (American, Alstead, New Hampshire 1787–1866 New Jersey)

Maker:: Sidney Gardiner (American, Mattituck, New York 1787–1827 Mexico)
Date:: 1825
Geography:: Mid-Atlantic, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Culture:: American
Medium:: Silver
Dimensions:: 23 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (60.3 x 52.7 x 37.5 cm); 401 oz. 1 dwt. (12473.9 g)
Classification:: Silver
Credit Line:: Gift of Erving and Joyce Wolf Foundation, in memory of Diane R. Wolf, 1988
Accession Number:: 1988.199

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 731

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: engraved on plaque on front of base: TO THE HON. DEWITT CLINTON, / Who has developed the resources of the State of New York, / AND ENNOBLED HER CHARACTER, / The Merchants of Pearl Street offer this testimony of their / GRATITUDE AND RESPECT.; engraved in bottom left corner of plaque: Fletcher &Gardiner Makers; engraved on bottom right corner of plaque: Philad[superscript a over .] February 1825

Marking: marked on underside of body: FLETCHER & GARDINER. (in circular band) PHILA (at center of circle) [PHILA so faint it is not entirely legible] Marked on opposing corners of underside of base: FLETCHER & / GARDINER. (in banner)/ PHILA (in rectangle)
Provenance

DeWitt Clinton, Albany, New York, from 1825; Mrs. Morris K. (Maria van Antwerp de Witt) Jesup, New York, until 1908; New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry, New York, 1908–1982; Erving and Joyce Wolf, New York, until 1988
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