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Tankard

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A silver tankard owned by Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Peggy Schuyler's brother-in-law.

Fitted case for pair of Tea Caddies and Sugar Box by Paul de Lamerie.

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Created a by a Dutch artisan in London, the sugar boxes display an exotic woman cultivating a piece of fertile land. Silver boxes like these were owned by affluent individuals in Europe and often revealed status. Wealthy individuals spent…

Tags: Charles Cornwallis, commerce, Exotic Land, Fertility, Paul De Lamerie, silver, Sugar Boxes, Wealth

CHARLES OLIVER BRUFF, GOLDSMITH and JEWELER

Newspaper Advertisement for a New York goldsmith and jeweler selling his wares

Tags: Advertisement, New York, Newspaper, silver

Those Gentlemen who are forming themselves into Companies, in Defence of their LIBERTIES; and others, who are not provided with SWORDS, May be suited therewith by applying to CHARLES OLIVER BRUFF, in Maiden-Lane near the Fly-Market.

A jeweler and goldsmith advertises swords in a New York Newspaper

Tags: Advertisement, New York, Newspaper, silver, sword

Silver Sugar Tongs

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A pair of silver sugar tongs attributed to the 18th century New York silversmith Myer Myers.

Tags: Myer, Myer Myers, New York, silver, sugar tongs

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