Artist/Maker William I. Tenney (1806 - 1848)

Waste bowl

ca. 1840

Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America

Silver

Overall: 5 3/4 x 7 in. ( 14.6 x 17.8 cm )

Bequest of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap Sr.

1960.64

This waste bowl was made for Mary Josepha Lydia Sterns Belknap (1771-1862), whose intitials are engraved on the body. She was the daughter of Captain Samuel Belknap, of Woburn, MA, and married Aaron Belknap of Newburgh, NY in 1811.

DescriptionWrought silver waste bowl; circular body with inverted, chased gadrooning on a circular pedestal foot; gadrooned foot with a horizontally applied scalloped footring; chased foliate band applied around the joint of the pedestal to the body; incurved shoulder with an applied, chased foliate band around the rim; engraved, "M J L S B" in bright-cut script on the center of the body; maker's marks stamped on the base.

Markingsengraved: center: "M J L S B" in bright-cut script stamped: on the base: "WM. I. TENNEY" in a rectangle, double struck over "251 B.WAY" in a rectangle

ClassificationsSILVER