Pitcher, Water
Pitchers, Russell Buskirk
Name/Title
Pitcher, WaterEntry/Object ID
2000.3.1-2Description
Pair silver water pitchers, each pear-shaped body on circular pedestal base, and having double scroll handle; each having shell and lea shaped decoration on upper body border, gadroon everted collar at base over leaf and shell border on domed circular base, engraved with crest opposite handle, antlered deer having arrow through neck. Stamped on underside in serrated cartouche with makers name B. Gardiner, N.Y., circa 1829. Baldwin Gardiner (American, working 1814-1848) Pair of pitchers New York, NY, ca. 1829 Silver H. 13 3/4 x Diam. 4 7/8 inches Stamped on underside in serrated cartouche: B.Gardiner / New.York Historic Charleston Foundation, Charleston, SC, gift of the heirs of Mary Green Maybank, 2000.3.1 Formerly in partnership with his brother Sydney Gardiner and Thomas Fletcher in Philadelphia, Baldwin Gardiner established his own firm in 1827. These water pitchers were inherited by Governor William Alien Jr. from his mother Henrietta Wyatt Aiken. According to a contemporary recounting from Aiken, his family silver was valued at approximately fifteen thousand dollars, and he added an additional thirty thousand dollars worth of plate to this collection. In an attempt to safeguard his belongings during the Civil War, he buried his silver; however, "solders dug up this treasure-trove, and…[the] fine silver went to enrich the spoils of the Union army." Notwithstanding, several fine examples of American- and English-made silver survived and are exhibited at the Aiken Rhett House Museum, operated by Historic Charleston Foundation. BSC Nathaniel Bishop, Voyage of the Paper Canoe (New York: Charles T. Dillingham, 1878). http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/nhb/paperc/c12.html, January 8, 2011. Pitcher came from Governor Aiken's mother Henrietta Wyatt (Aiken).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2000.003.Source or Donor
Heirs of Mary Green MaybankAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Heirs of Mary Green Maybank: Barbara Johnston Green, Laura Frost Wright, Celestine Frost Lehmann-HauMade/Created
Artist
Gardiner, Baldwin (American, working 1814-1848)Date made
circa 1829Place
Location
New York, NYInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Maker's Mark: serrated cartouche on underside in serrated cartouche, B. GARDINER, NYLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
Pitcher, WaterNomenclature Secondary Object Term
PitcherNomenclature Primary Object Term
Vessel, Drink ServingNomenclature Sub-Class
Serving VesselsNomenclature Class
Food Service T&ENomenclature Category
Category 04: Tools & Equipment for MaterialsDimensions
Height
13-3/4 inDiameter
4-7/8 inDimension Notes
Height to lip 11 5/8". to handle 13 3/4", diameter base 4 7/8"Material
SilverLocation
Location
Building
AR cellar caseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Building
AR309/cab.2Category
PermanentMoved By
Jill Beute KovermanDate
January 8, 2004Condition
Notes
minor dents, base bent on one pitcher onlyRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Aiken, Harriet LowndesPerson or Organization
Rhett, Henrietta AikenPerson or Organization
Aiken, William (Jr.) (Gov.)Provenance
Notes
Last Owner: Descended in Aiken Family, from Wyatt (maternal side) FamilyExhibitions
5
10
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