Presentation Vase
Title
Presentation Vase
Front: Shows the figures of Mercury (commerce) and Ceres (agriculture) flanking a view of the Erie Canal's guard lock and basin at Albany
Description
One of a pair.
engraved on plaque in front of base: The Merchants of Pearl Street, New York / TO THE HON. DEWITT CLINTON / Whose claim to the proud Title of "Public Benefactor", / is founded on those magnificent works, / The Northern and Western CANALS.
engraved on bottom left corner of plaque: Fletcher & Gardiner Markers
engraved on bottom right corner of plaque: Philad[superscript a over "] December 1824.
marked on underside of body: FLETCHER & GARDINER (in two concentric circles); PHILA marked twice on in rectangle in center;
engraved on plaque in front of base: The Merchants of Pearl Street, New York / TO THE HON. DEWITT CLINTON / Whose claim to the proud Title of "Public Benefactor", / is founded on those magnificent works, / The Northern and Western CANALS.
engraved on bottom left corner of plaque: Fletcher & Gardiner Markers
engraved on bottom right corner of plaque: Philad[superscript a over "] December 1824.
marked on underside of body: FLETCHER & GARDINER (in two concentric circles); PHILA marked twice on in rectangle in center;
Creator
Fletcher, Thomas (American silversmith, 1787-1866); Gardiner, Sidney (American silversmith, died 1827)
Source
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Louis V. Bell and Rogers Funds; Anonymous and Robert G. Goblet Gifts; and Gifts of Fenton L. B. Brown and of the grandchildren of Mrs. Ranson Spaford Hooker, in her memory, by exchange, 1982.
Photographer: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date
1824
Rights
The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Format
Silver
23 7/16 x 20 ⅛ x 15 ⅛ in. 410 oz. 5 dwt. Lip: Diam. 12 ¾ in. Cover: 5 ⅝ x 12 ¾ in.
Type
silver engraving
Identifier
CP2015-031
Coverage
American
Creation site: created in Philadelphia, PA.
Repository: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession number: 6958
Files
Collection
Citation
Fletcher, Thomas (American silversmith, 1787-1866); Gardiner, Sidney (American silversmith, died 1827), “Presentation Vase,” Classicizing Philadelphia, accessed April 24, 2024, https://classicizingphiladelphia.omeka.net/items/show/124.