Pudding dish

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Pudding dish

Entry/Object ID

VC.84.8

Description

Silver pudding dish: low, flat bowl with folded-over edge with an outline composed of a series of cyma and cyma reversa curves; bowl rests on 3/8" high foot soldered to bottom.

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Shepard

Attribution

Maker

Artist

William Boyd

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1806-1817

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

Engraved in the middle "MS"; marked "Shepherd" and "Boyd" in serrated rectangles on opposite sides of the bottom of the rim.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

1-7/8 in

Diameter

11-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 1 7/8 x 11 1/4 in. (4.8 x 28.6 cm)

Material

silver

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition noted for Winter Antiques Show: three tears are in joints; rim is very fragile overall; bottom scallop is bent downward; there is a split to the left; also note: what appears to be small dents on the rim are part of the construction process; no major scratches or dents.

Notes

Remarks: Details of Condition: Rim is bent in places, 3 tears; scratch marks all over surface; solder on several spots on back.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Magdalena Douw Stevenson

Notes

Former owner

Person or Organization

Anne Stevenson Van Cortlandt

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 14C

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial