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Used in New York
New Jersey
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CATALOGUE of
EARLT SILVER

BEAKER, DUTCH, 1660. LENT BY FIRST REFORMED
CHURCH, ALBANY

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of Art

CATALOGUE of an Exhibition of

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Used in New York
New Jersey
and the
South

With a Note on Early New
York Silversmiths by
R. T. Haines Halsey
New York
November 6 to December 31
191 1

COPYRIGHT (INTRODUCTION), NOVEMBER, I9H
by
R. T. HAINES HALSEY
COPYRIGHT, NOVEMBER, 1911
by
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

rO an earnest desire on the part of
the Colonial Dames of the State of
New York for due appreciation and
preservation of the early silver used in New
York, New "Jersey, and the South the collec
tion here catalogued is due. By their zeal
and energy it has been obtained and brought
together for exhibition in The Metropolitan
Museum of Art. The Trustees of the Mu
seum join with the Colonial Dames in ex
pressing their gratitude to the lenders, both
private individuals and church authorities,
whose generous cooperation has made such an
exhibition possible, and to Mr. R. T. Haines
Hals ey for invaluable help.

LIST OF LENDERS

INDIVIDUALS
Mrs. Elihu Chauncey, No. 124.
Judge A. T. Clearwater, Nos. 13, 89.
Mrs. George S. DeWitt, Nos. 33, 34, 65.
Stanley M. Dexter, No. 72.
Herbert Dupuy, Nos. 41, 140.
Mrs. Richard S. Ely, Nos. 18, 90.
Mrs. Robert Temple Emmet, No. 24.
R. T. Haines Halsey, Nos. 12, 16, 17, 29, 31, 32,
43> 44> 5i, 53-56, 60, 67-69, 71, 75-78, 80-83, 85,
86, 94, 96, 97, 99, 106-108, 120-122, 125, 126,
128, 132, 134, 137, 138.
Luke Vincent Lockwood, Nos. 10, 6i, 74, 104,
131, 133-
Mrs. Eldridge Palmer, No. 113.
George S. Palmer, Nos. 93, 100.
Judge Charles W. Parker, No. 103.
Mrs. Robert Remsen, Nos. ii, 15, 27, 102.
Mrs. T. J. Oakley Rhinelander, No. 141.
Mrs. William Rhinelander, No. hi.
J. H. Uhl, No. 73-
Professor Theodore S. Woolsey, No. 35.

LIST OF LENDERS

CHURCHES
NEW YORK CITY
Church of Zion and Saint Timothy, Nos.
36, 45, 46, 48.
Collegiate Reformed Church, Nos. 3, 4, 8,
21, 28, 30, 42, 50, 52, 70, 117.
First Presbyterian Church, Nos. 52. i, 52. 2,
82. 1, 85. 1, 130. 1, 136. 1-8.
Harlem Reformed Church, Nos. 166, 167.
South Reformed Church, No. 119.
Trinity Church, Nos. 92, 95, 146-154, 158-
160, 164.
NEW YORK STATE
Bushwick Reformed Church, Brooklyn,
No. 49.
Flatbush Reformed Church, Brooklyn, Nos.
84, 118.
Flatlands Reformed Church, Brooklyn, No.
22.
New Utrecht Reformed Church, Brooklyn,
No. 25.
Saint Ann's Church, Brooklyn, Nos. no, 135,
136.

List of Lenders

NEW YORK STATE (Continued)
Rochester Church, Accord, No. 9.
First Reformed Church, Albany, Nos. 2, 66.
Saint Matthew's Church, Bedford, No. 79.
Reformed Church, Claverack, No. 92. 1.
Saint George's Church, Hempstead, Nos. 101,
142, 144.
Grace Church, Jamaica, Nos. 62, 172.
First Reformed Church, Kingston, Nos. 26,
139-
Saint James' Church, Newtown, Nos. 114-
116.
Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, No. 47.
Christ Church, Rye, No. 143.
Caroline Church, Setauket, Nos. 116. 2-
116. 4.
Presbyterian Church, Setauket, No. 127.
First Presbyterian Church, Southampton,
Nos. 64, 123.
First Presbyterian Church, Southold, No.
105.
First Reformed Church, Tarrytown, Nos.
4. 1, 26. 1, 116. 1.
Saint John's Church, Yonkers, Nos. 129, 130.
NEW JERSEY
Saint Mary's Church, Burlington, Nos. 1,
155, 161, 168.
Bergen Reformed Church, Jersey City, No.
23-

vi List of Lenders
NEW JERSEY (Continued)
Trinity Church, Newark, Nos. 57-59-
Saint Peter's Church, Perth Amboy, Nos.
162, 163.
First Presbyterian Church, Rahway, No.
169.
Reformed Church, Readington, No. 98.
Amwell First Presbyterian Church, Rea-
ville, No. 37.
Saint John's Church, Salem, No. 74. 1.
Christ Church, Shrewsbury, No. 112.
Trinity Church, Swedesboro, No. 165.
First Presbyterian Church, Trenton, No. 7.
Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Church,
Union, No. 170.
DELAWARE Christ Church, Dover, Nos. 87, 88.
Saint Peter's Church, Lewes, Nos. 38, 39, 40.
Holy Trinity Church, Wilmington, Nos. 5, 6.
KENTUCKY First Presbyterian Church, Frankfort, Nos.
19, 20, 109.
VIRGINIA Christ Church, Bruton Parish, Williamsburg,
Nos. 145, 157, 171.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Note of Acknowledgment 
List of Lenders  ii
Contents  vi
Illustrations  ix
Early New York Silversmiths, by R. T.
Haines Halsey  xiii
Catalogue of Dutch Silver  3
Catalogue of Swedish Silver  7
Catalogue of American Silver  9
Catalogue of English Silver  69

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLA 1 Lb PACING PAGE
Beaker, Dutch, 1660. Lent by First Reformed
Church, Albany  Frontispiece
Teapots, by Adrian Bancker and Charles Le
Roux. Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey . . . xviii
Group of Tankards showing typical details . xix
Beaker with Cover, Dutch, about 1700. Lent
by Saint Mary's Church, Burlington, New
Jersey  3
Chalice, Swedish, XVIII century. Lent by
Holy Trinity Church, Wilmington, Dela
ware  7
Tankard, by Peter Van Dyck. Lent by R. T.
Haines Halsey  9
Baptismal Basin, by Adrian Bancker. Lent by
the Collegiate Church, New York ... 10
Beaker, by Hendrik Boelen. Lent by the Re
formed Church, Flatlands, Long Island . . 14
Bowl, by Jacob Boelen. Lent by Mrs. Robert
Remsen  18
Mugs, by John Hastier. Lent by the First Pres
byterian Church, Southampton, Long Island 18
Bowl, by Simeon Soumaine. Lent by Mrs. Rob
ert Remsen  18
ix

x List of Illustrations

FACING PAGE

Chalice, Flagon, and Alms Basin, by John
David. Lent by Saint Peter's Church,
Lewes, Delaware  20
Beaker, by Garrett Onclebagh. Lent by the Re
formed Church, Flatbush, Long Island . . 40
Beaker, by Joel Sayre. Lent by the Reformed
Church, Readington, New Jersey .... 46
Beaker, by N. VR. Lent by the Reformed
Church, Flatbush, Long Island .... 56
Baptismal Basin, by Jacobus Van der Spiegel.
Lent by the South Reformed Church, New
York  58
Mugs, by Peter Van Dyck. Lent by the First
Presbyterian Church, Southampton, Long
Island  60
Cup with two Handles, by Peter Van Dyck.
Lent by the Presbyterian Church, Setauket,
Long Island  60
Beaker, by Benjamin Wynkoop. Lent by the
First Reformed Church, Kingston, New
York  66
Chalice with Paten-cover, dated 161 2. Lent
by Saint Peter's Church, Perth Amboy, New
Jersey  69
Chalice with Paten-cover, by John Eastt.
Lent by Saint George's Church, Hempstead,
Long Island  70

List of Illustrations xi
FACING PAGE
Silver presented by William and Mary.
Lent by the Corporation of Trinity Church,
New York  72
Silver presented by George III. Lent by the
Corporation of Trinity Church, New York . 74
Silver presented by Queen Anne. Lent by
the Corporation of Trinity Church, New
York  76
Cup, by Peter Harache. Lent by Bruton Parish
Church, Williamsburg, Virginia .... 78
Paten, by Richard Gurney & Company. Lent
by Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg,
Virginia  78
Chalice with Paten-cover, by I. S. Lent by
Saint Peter's Church, Perth Amboy, New
Jersey  78
Chalice with Paten-cover, by I. W. Lent
by Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg,
Virginia  82
Chalice with Paten-cover, by John Wisdome.
Lent by Grace Churchy Jamaica, Long Island 84

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT
Detail of engraving on beakers by Dutch silver
smiths  xvi
Detail of engraving on beakers by Hendrik Boelen xvi

xii List of Illustrations

PACING PAGE

Details of engraving on beakers by Ahasuerus
Hendricks and Garrett Onclebagh .... xvi
Details of engraving on beakers by an unknown
American maker and by Benjamin Wynkoop xvii
Inscription on Dutch beaker, 1660  4
Coat of arms, engraved by Thomas Hamersly . . 31
Coat of arms, engraved by Peter Quintard . . 43
Wendell coat of arms, engraved by Peter Van
Dyck  59
Engraving by Benjamin Wynkoop  67
English Royal arms with cipher of George III . 72
English Royal arms with cipher of Queen Anne 73
English Royal arms with cipher of William and
Mary  74
Inscription, 1612 EH  80
Inscription on chalice, 1661  83
Coat of arms engraved by Francois Butty and
Nicholas Dumee  85

EARLT NEW YORK
BY
R. T. HAINES HALSEY

EARLY
NEW YORK
JNfoersmitf)*

NOTE

THE abundance and widespread ownership of
plate in America in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries is testified to in the
wills and inventories of that period. The trade of
the silversmith was well developed and lucrative, as
in the absence of banks of deposit our forefathers
hoarded their coin in manufactured form, thereby add
ing to the luxury of living. Most of this early plate
was fashioned into simple forms and naturally was
returned to the melting-pot when some necessity for
funds arose.
Jamestown had its silversmith, Thomas Howard,
whose name appears on the register of the Virginia
Company of 1 620. Research has, as yet, failed to dis
cover any example of his handicraft. To the excellent
craftsmanship of the silversmiths working in Boston
throughout the last half of the seventeenth century the
many heirlooms and pieces of ecclesiastical plate still
in existence bear witness.
In New York, on the contrary, comparatively few
pieces of the work of the early local silversmiths are

xiv Early &tf(X> pOtik Silversmiths
now to be found. Therefore, this exhibition of early
plate owned by our Knickerbocker churches, and of
domestic silver made by the silversmiths of New York,
must necessarily be limited in quantity, and has been
gathered only with the greatest difficulty.
Conditions in this vicinity in the seventeenth cen
tury gave slight encouragement to our silversmiths.
There was little material for them to fashion, and the
market for their wares was largely local. The policy
of the directors of the Dutch West India Company in
restricting the trade of New Amsterdam to Holland,
cut off the profitable commerce with the English and
Spanish colonies to the south, which brought such an
influx of coin to New England, thereby enabling the
establishing of a mint in1 Boston in 1652, and furnish
ing a supply for the melting-pots of the silversmiths.
As long as the Dutch remained in possession here, and
almost to the dawn of the eighteenth century, there
was a dearth of coin ; whatever silver drifted into the
province quickly flowed out. Trade was carried on
largely by barter. In the absence of coin, beaver skins
formed the local standard of value, wampum the cus
tomary medium of exchange, and payments were fre
quently accepted in produce of various kinds.
Another reason for the comparative rarity of an
cient plate made in New York is that at no time prior
to the Revolution did our local silversmiths enjoy the
lavish patronage which was bestowed upon their Bos
ton brethren. The population of the province of New
York during the colonial period at no time equaled
one quarter of that of New England, and its trade
was almost purely provincial, owing to the political
conditions existing in America before the Revolution.

Early $etD ^Otifc Silversmiths xv
Boston controlled New England's trade even to the
very borders of New York.
The contrast between the abundance of old plate
made by Boston silversmiths still to be found in the
cities and hamlets of Connecticut, and the scarcity of
silver made by New York's craftsmen, can be explained
only by the lasting influence of the short-lived New
England Confederacy of 1643, composed of the four
colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut,
and New Haven, which was formed for mutual pro
tection against the Indians, as well as against their
Dutch neighbors in New York. Long after the Eng
lish government dissolved this first attempt at combi
nation between the colonies, the influence of it re
mained, and there was but little commercial intercourse
between the people of Calvinistic New England and
the New Yorkers, with their strong Dutch and Angli
can church leanings — proximity to market counting
for nothing in the face of such political and religious
traditions. It is but natural that the work of the earliest New
York silversmiths, turned out in the face of such disad
vantages, should be rather primitive, and fail to dis
close the highly developed aesthetic craftsmanship of
many of the pieces made in Boston.
While the plate hammered out by our local silver
smiths in the last half of the eighteenth century fol
lowed closely the changing fashions of the English
silversmiths, and contained the qualities of careful
craftsmanship for which the period is noted, the earlier
silver showed a decided Dutch influence.
In New England the various communion services of
native manufacture were composed of miscellaneous

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xvi Early 0Z\X> got* Silversmiths
beakers, tankards, and caudle cups, and occasionally
standing cups; in old New York, however, beakers
alone were used for the communion. They were, in
form and decoration, close copies of those sent out from
Holland, examples of which are to be found in this ex
hibition. Careful comparison demonstrates that in the
fashioning of these the Knickerbocker silversmiths were
in no way inferior to their brothers in Holland. The
engraving which lavishly decorates many of the pieces,
was, as a rule, the work of less practised hands.
The tankards were especially fine. In form they
followed closely the seventeenth century lines. As a
rule, they were much larger and more imposing than
those made by the contemporary silversmiths of New
England, who faithfully followed the changing lines
and fashions of those made in the mother country.
They lacked the ribs which supported the handles on
the seventeenth century tankards, and the domed tops,
finials, and encircling bands, which characterize the
different periods of English-made tankards. The
mouldings on the base were elaborate, and often were
surmounted by embossed bands of spiral wire and
cut-work. The handles were heavy, and frequently
were embellished with beaded ribs, or pieces of strap-
work, which enabled the firm grip necessitated by
the weight of the large potions of liquor the tankards
contained. Few are found without the initials of the
original owners engraved on the handles. Curiously
enough many of these tankards were originally owned
by women. They sometimes were marked with the
joint initials of husband and wife, as was practically
the universal custom in New England. Their thumb
pieces were almost invariably spirals.

DETAILS OF ENGRAVING ON BEAKERS BY DUTCH
SILVERSMITHS

DETAILS OF ENGRAVING ON BEAKERS BY HENDRIK
BOELEN

DETAILS OF ENGRAVING ON BEAKERS BY AHASUERUS
HENDRICKS AND GARRETT ONCLEBAGH

DETAILS OF ENGRAVING ON BEAKERS BY AN UNKNOWN
SILVERSMITH AND BY BENJAMIN WYNKOOP

Early 0t\& gOtfc Silversmiths xvii
The tips were formed of oval plates and shields.
Cherub heads in heavy relief were often used for their
embellishment, a feature almost never found in the
old-world tankards; coins sometimes took the place of
the plates on some of the cruder pieces. The covers
were flat. Frequently current coins of gold and sil
ver were inlaid in the lid. Early seventeenth century
Dutch medals, probably heirlooms, were also occa
sionally thus used. The front edges of the covers
were usually serrated.
The early teapots, as shown in the illustration op
posite page xviii, were of a design peculiar to New
York, and not used elsewhere in the colonies. In style,
they followed to a certain extent the teapots of the
period in the old world, but had greater height and
capacity. They were used indiscriminately for both tea
and coffee. The small globular teapots and tall coffee
pots of the Queen Anne period, if made here, have
probably disappeared in the melting-pot.
The personalities of certain New York silversmiths
and the parts they played in the early social and po
litical development of the city have hitherto been
neglected by our local historians. Hence their works
naturally have not possessed the glamour belonging to
those made by the picturesque mint-master of Massa
chusetts, John Hull (the story of whose daughter's
marriage to Samuel Sewall is one of the treasured
legends of New England), or by that sturdy patriot,
immortalized by Longfellow in The Midnight Ride
of Paul Revere. Of necessity, they were men of in
tegrity, as upon their honor alone depended the fineness
of the silver which came from their melting-pots, for
there was no such guarantee of quality in this country

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as existed in the case of English silver — with its official
hall marks.
The earliest local silversmith represented in the ex
hibition is Ahasuerus Hendricks, who made the beaker
bearing the date 1678, lent by the First Dutch Re
formed Church of Albany. He was an old-world sil
versmith, who sought to better himself by coming to
New York, where he supplied the local demand for
jewelry, rings, funeral spoons, and beakers, and, as
well, fashioned the silver spears, pikes, and sword hilts
affected by the militant burghers. We first find his
name in New York on the list of those who swore
allegiance to the King in 1675. His house, in Smith
Street, appears on the tax list in 1677. He was one
of those appointed in 1686 to assist in giving the in
habitants of the city better drinking water, and was,
in that year, ordered to take care of the public well
near his house. The position was one of honor and
responsibility. The council at the same time ordered
" that the City wells be forthwith made of stone and
half of the charge of them to be borne by the inhabi
tants of every street proportionately and the other half
by the Citty." He was elected constable for the North
ward in 1687 and collector for the same district ten
years later. In the records of the Dutch Reformed
Church his name appears as a witness to the baptisms
of the children of many well-known families from 1675
to 1693. He evidently was entrusted with the task of
looking out for the unfortunates in the city, as we find
that along with the vouchers of Johannes Kip and
Teunis DeKay his voucher for " Sundry to y* poore ^
Ace"" was settled by the city in 1689.
Next we find Carol Van Brugh, son of the Johannes

TEAPOTS, BY ADRIAN BANCKER AND CHARLES LE R0UX.
LENT BY R. T. HAINES HALSEY

GROUP OF TANKARDS SHOWING TYPICAL DETAILS

Early $rtt> P)ti& Silversmiths xix
Van Brugh who was appointed alderman by Governor
Nichols in 1664, and who was long an important per
sonage in the town. Carol Van Brugh's name appears
on the tax list for 1677 as the owner of two houses, one
on High (Pearl) Street and the other in the Fort
" where ye Siversmith liv'd." His mother was Cath-
rina Roelofse, the daughter of Roelofse and Anneke
Jans. He was appointed High Constable in 1689. He
evidently held a respected position in the community, as
we find his name in the following document, issued in
1695, to alleviate the intolerable position of the con
sumer in New York caused by the irregularity in the
weights and measures used by the tradesmen :
" May it Please your Excellency
" In obedience to your Excellencies command, we
have examined the Memorial Exhibited to your Excel
lency by the Att _,rney Genle Concerning the Settling of
a Standard and Appointing an Officer for the Regula
tion of Weights & Scales for Curr' Gold & Silver, &
are humbly of the opinion that it is very necessary to be
done, & Pursuant Thereto Presume to recommend
unto your Excellency Cornelius Vanderburgh & Jacob
Boelen, Silversmiths as Persons of good Reputation
and very fitt to be appointed by your Excellency for
the keeping of the Standard of Silver & Gold weights
and markeing all such as shall be used in this City &
Province." . . .
Robert Lusting A. D. Peyster
John Barberie Gerard Douw
He made the gold cup presented to Governor
Fletcher in 1693, the bullion for which was purchased
for one hundred and six pounds sterling and turned

xx Early |^0tD ^0t6 Silversmiths
over to Vanderburgh to fashion. The council ordered
that the revenue from the ferry be used for no other
purpose until the bill for this was paid; evidently
municipal ownership then was more profitable than as
conducted here today.
The Leisler Rebellion was one of the most im
portant happenings in the history of New York. Its
results were the birth of a popular party in active op
position to the government, a party which worked for
the country against the party for the crown. A study
of the records of the Leisler Rebellion discloses the
fact that Bartholomew LeRoux, the earliest of the
famous silversmiths of that name who worked in
New York for over half a century, took a most im
portant part in this opening struggle of the masses
against the classes. It is not difficult to picture this
sturdy Huguenot silversmith standing in the Fort on
the 26th of February, 1689, and voicing the popular
indignation of his fellow-soldiers at the unwillingness
of Leisler and his captains to secure the Fort absolutely
against the threatened perils.
While to a large extent this interesting rebellion was
caused by a revolt against the aristocratic faction, who
had held control of the government under James II, yet
the intensity of feeling which made the people rise
almost to a man was aggravated by the fact that New
York with its large Huguenot population was con
stantly in fear of the papists and French invasion, as
it was well known that the French King had instructed
his commanders that, in case the capture of New York*
was effected, " those of the pretended Reformed reli
gion must be sent back to France." No better ex
planation of the state of affairs from this point of view

Early J$et» got* Silversmiths xxi
can be given than in the statement of this active
Huguenot silversmith as follows:
" A declaration of Bathomew LeRoux declareth
that Col. Bayard having demanded of the Company of
Captain Munvielle in the presence of the Leu4 Nichol
son & others, of the Capts of this City, as they were
assembled in James fort of this City the reasons that
obliged them to Appear in arms the whole company
whereas they were ordered of their Captains that they
should watch but half the Company & that they did
oppose the Govor & he the Colonell at the fort Gate,
& would not desist but would come & keep Guard
with the whole company, & the said Bartho1 le Roux
having given him this answer, which was the True
reasons, as the Company did then and doth Still ac
knowledge to be the truth —
" First — That we had a relation in this City, that
the Papist upon Staten Island did threaten to cut the
inhabitants throats & that the People had left their
Plantations & were running the woods, & some gone
with their familys in their boats and lay upon the river
& further they threatened to come and burn this City
& that Mr Dela Prearie had arms in his house for fifty
men. " 2ly. That we had Certain information that there
was Eighty or a hundred men coming from boston &
other places that were hunted away, no doubt not for
their goodnes & that there were several of them Irish
& Papist & the Governor had desighed to take them
in the fort y* which they would not suffer —
" 3d. That a good part of the Soldiers that were in
the fort already were papist & that they thought them
selves not secure, to be so guarded & if it be so that

xxii Early &Z\X) gOtfe Silversmiths
but half a Company should be permitted to keep guard,
they would not be above ten or fifteen men in the fort
& therefore they thought themselves not secure in the
fort so weak.
" 4th. That the same day there was Complaint made
that Co1 Dongan, his Brigantine was fitted out with a
considerable Quantity of Guns & amonitions & made
Water and provisions & that her whole loading was
no other than if she had been designed for some war
like design & notwithstanding was Suffered to depart
this port without interruption, these reasons did
obleidge us to Come with he whole company to secure
ourselves, the best we could, against the fears that were
put upon us." 
The animosities stirred up by the Leisler Rebellion
and death of Leisler were not easily forgotten. The
following affidavit against another of the seventeenth
century silversmiths represented in the exhibition, John
Wendover, well illustrates the bitter and lasting feeling
toward the dominant party. The offense with which
Wendover was charged in 1694 was evidently not a
heinous one, as we find that he was elected alderman
in 1698. He carried on his trade in New York until
his death in 1727.
" The Examinant being duly sworn upon the holy
Evangelists & examined Saith y4 last night att seaven
or eight of the Clock or thereabouts he the Examin4
was in y* house of Edward Buckmaster of y"5 said Citty
Inholder in Company with one John Windower of j^
said Citty Goldsmith & severall others and that the sd
John Windower did throw a piece of eight upon the
Table & speaking to this Examinant did say there is
your money or to y4 effect, that he the examin4 did

Early 0Z^X> got* Silversmiths xxiii
refuse to take itt & said that would not doe ; upon wch
the said John Windower threw down another Piece of
eight & said there take itt that's enough & called for y5
scales, & said but He pay you for itt, & Immediately did
lift up his hand & did strike y6 said examin4 upon ye
face upon which the said Edward Buckmaster being
then High Constable & hearing a noise came into ye
Room & Commanded the Peace; & the said Examin4
further saith that after the peace was Commanded the
said John Windower did say that Leisler & Milborne
wer murdered which he would make appear & y4 he
would stand up for Jacobus Leisler while he had a
drop of blood in his body and that their should be
others hanged in a short time to Ballance the said
Leisler & Milborne."
The Boelens, Jacob and Hendrik, father and son,
were Dutch silversmiths, who came to New York
shortly after 1680 and possessed a large share of the
silversmith's trade in this city in the closing years of
the eighteenth century. Much of their work has been
secured for this exhibition. They probably worked in
partnership. Their marks I-B and JB are similar in
size and character of letters and both are inclosed in
the same peculiar oval with serrated edges.
Jacob Boelen's name appears, in 1686, on the list
of members of the Dutch Church. The city records
bear much testimony to his activity in behalf of civic
development. He was assessor for the North ward
from 1685 to 1694. In 1689 he was appointed brant-
master by the council, when it was ordered that " five
Ladders be made to serve upon occasion of Fyre, with
sufficient hooks thereto." He was one of the special
assessors appointed in 1693, " to assess & rate the in-

xxiv Early $et» gotii Silversmiths
habitants Residence & Freeholders (the) 1725 propor
tion for the City for Raising £6000 for payment 300
volunteers to reinforce the Frontiers at Albany May
1693—4," and the following year " to raise the funds to
pay for the 150 troops sent as a reinforcement for the
frontiers of Albany." He was elected alderman of the
North ward in 1695. In 1696 he was appointed on
the committee for straightening Broad Street and for
" the consideration of the making of the sewer in that
locality." Their report reads that " 1158 feet of sewer
would be needed, every foot of which would cost Fif
teen shillings." He was appointed on the committee for
estimating the cost of constructing the new City Hall,
selecting its location, and investigating the best means
of raising funds for the cost of the same, also on the
committee for repairing the fortifications and powder
house on Point Hollondia. He was alderman for the
North ward in 1697 anc^ was among those who peti
tioned to restore the bolting monopoly which had given
to the burghers of New York City alone the privilege
of bolting all flour and baking all bread for export in
the province ; the abolition of this monopoly had caused
great distress in commercial circles in New York. In
this connection it may be interesting to note that the
flour barrels and wind-mill sails on the arms of New
York City were selected as typical of this milling
monopoly. Hendrik Boelen apparently paid little attention
to public affairs, but devoted himself to his trade, which
he carried on successfully almost to the middle of the
% ;'~ nineteenth century.
The earliest native silversmith represented in the
exhibition is Jacobus Van der Spiegel, the maker of

Early $ett) gOrfi Silversmiths xxv
the baptismal vessel lent by the South Reformed
Church of New York, and also of the tankard of un
usual size shown among the plate made for domestic
use. He was the son of Laurens Van der Spiegel and
with his brother Johannes followed the profession of
silversmith. The plate made by Jacobus Van der Spiegel carries
with it memories of its maker's military services along
the Albany frontier, as well as of the days when fear of
the capture of New York by the French was ever ter
rifying its citizens. We find his name on the list of
"ye people sent to Albany" on the 13th of March,
1689, upon orders from Leisler to protect the northern
frontier against the impending French invasion, also
his commission as ensign in Captain Walter's company
in the same year, and a record of his captaincy in the
following curious voucher:
" In Albany Anno do 1691. His Excellency Co
Henry Sloughter Capt. Genii : and Governour in Chief
off the Provence of New York. To the Companes to
drink upon the newes of yo'r Excells Happie Arry-
vill.* 1 barrl double beer.
To Capt. Van der Spegle Comp'a. Item £0.14."
In 1694—5 he was assessor for the West ward, and
the following year one of those " sworn to assess the
moyety of Seaven hundred and ninety Seaven pounds
Nine Shillings Pursuant to An Act of Gen11 Assembly
* Mrs. Van Rensselaer in her " History of the City of
New York " clearly points out that illiterate Dutch pens
dealing phonetically with unaccustomed sounds explain the
curious spelling in the records of the 17th century; thus the
same persons frequently appear under various names.
Carol Van Brugh and Cornelius Vanderburgh were iden
tical personages.

xxvi Early $etO |^0t6 Silversmiths
Entituled an Act for Vs Raising one hundred & twenty
Effective men to be Imployed by his excellency for the
Reinforcing & Strengthning the Fronteers of the Prov
ince att Albany."
He was elected to the highly honorable position of
constable in 1698. His family had long been promi
nent in social life. One of his sisters was married to
Isaac de Forest, and another to Rip Van Dam, who for
thirty years was one of the council of the city. A
comparison between the portrait of this famous old
rebel and the head with flowing wig in heavy relief,
which forms the unusual decoration of the tip of a
tankard shown in the exhibition, allows the fancy that
Van der Spiegel embellished some of his silver with the
portrait of his popular brother-in-law.
Garrett Onclebagh, who made two of the commu
nion beakers in the exhibition, belonging to the Re
formed Dutch Church of Flatbush, was of an old and
socially prominent New York family and an active
member of the Dutch Church. His standing in the
community was high, for he was elected to the office
of assistant alderman for the successive years 1 700-3.
The office of alderman or assistant alderman was even
more important in the early days than now. The city
was divided into six wards: North, South, West,
East, Dock, and Out. Each of these was represented
by one alderman and one assistant alderman. The
twelve constituted a general court for the city with
powers of supervision far exceeding any of the govern
mental bodies of today. Along with other powers they
possessed the right of fixing the prices of all necessities
of life, and they regulated the price of wheat, the size
and quality of loaves, and in many ways had more ex-

Early &Z\X) got* Silversmiths xxvii
treme power than advocated by the most radical expo
nent of governmental supervision today.
While serving out his various terms, Onclebagh
was active on various interesting and important sub
committees. One important act of his was the farming
out of the ferry to Brooklyn. The contract was an
involved one and called for the maintenance of a pub
lic house of entertainment, and of two scows and two
small boats for the carrying of passengers. The charges
prescribed were eight stivers of wampum, or a silver
two-pence, for the ferriage of an individual. " People
in company " were carried at lower rates. The tolls
were fixed for horses and beasts, hogs, barrels, and
various products of the farm.
Onclebagh became involved in certain factional dis
putes and lost the favor of the people, which he re
gained, but fell from grace in other ways, as upon his
election to his former office in 17 13 his colleagues on
the board passed the following resolution:
" Whereas Garrett Onclebagh who was lately
Elected to serve in the Office of Assistant of the North
Ward of this City for the year Ensueing is A Person
of Evil fame and Reputation and hath been Convicted
of Coyning the Current Money of this Province and
since hath also been Convicted of Champerty, it is.
therefore the Opinion of this Court that the said Gar
rett Onclebagh is not qualified to serve in the said
Office and it is ORDER'D (Nemine Contra Dicente)
that the Mayor and Recorder do refuse to swear him
into the said Office."
After an investigation lasting several months, the
charges were upheld, his place on the board declared
vacant, and a successor appointed.

xxviii Early $etD f^Otfe Silversmiths
Another silversmith of interesting family connec
tions was Cornelius Kierstede,* who took out his Free
man's papers in 1698. His grandfather Hans was the
famous surgeon, and a very important personage. He
married Sarah Roelofse, the daughter of Anneke Jans
by her first husband. Sarah was well acquainted with
the Indian language and acted as interpreter for Peter
Stuyvesant. It was at their wedding that Governor
Kieft, taking advantage of the condition of the guests
" after the fourth or fifth drink," induced them to sub
scribe very liberally toward a new church in the Fort.
Rum and religion went hand in hand in New Am
sterdam. After working in New York for a quarter
of a century Kierstede migrated to New Haven and
much of his work done there is still to be found in the
cities and hamlets of Connecticut. A superb tankard
bearing his mark may be seen in the DePeyster room
of the New York Historical Society.
Members of the Van Dyck family for half a cen
tury held a large proportion of the silver trade in New
York, and are well represented in the exhibition.
Peter Van Dyck was a New Yorker by birth and
possibly learned his trade from Bartholomew LeRoux,
whose daughter Rachel he married. We find his name
in 1 704 on the " list of men that have signed to goe
with Capt. Nicholas Evertsen on an expedition against
a french privateer which appeared off the coast." This
expedition set out bravely, but on obtaining a sight of
the enemy, the motley crew refused to man the ship
and the expedition ignominiously sailed back to New

*He was the son of Hans Kierstede and Jannetje Lock-
ermans and was born in 1674. He married Zaza Elsewarth.

Early 0tW j&Otk Silversmiths xxix
York in safety. Evidently no reflection was cast upon
Peter Van Dyck's bravery on this occasion, as in 1708
he was sworn as constable of the East ward. In 1730
he was elected assessor.
Peter Van Dyck was an active participant in the
factious strife which kept the city in a state of political
unrest during the administration of Governor Cosby,
and, along with his fellow-silversmiths, Charles Le-
Roux, Tobias Stoutenburgh, and Philip Goelet, affixed
his name to the petition herewith ; which was made in
protest against the illegal election of Adolph Phillipse
in 1737, an election with the same issues at stake, and
as exciting as that of the famous election at East
Chester, in 1733.
"To the Honour^ GEORGE CLARKE Esq.
Leiv4 Governour & Commandr in Chief of New-
Yorke & Territorys thereon Depending in America.
" The Petition of the Subscribers
" Most Humbly Sheweth
" That wee have this day seen or heard of the most
Barefaced Villany Committed by Willm Cosby Esqr
present high Sheriff of this Citty & County of New-
York in the Face of the world in Declareing Adolphe
Philipse to be chosen Representative for this Citty and
County Contrary to the Duty of his Oath and office.
" Wee therefore most Humbly pray that our Lives
Libertys and properties may no Longer Remain Com
mitted to the Said William Cosby ; but that he may be
forthwith removed from his said Office and the Sd
Adolph Philipse may not be qualified to Sit as an As
sembly man untill a fair Hearing of the matter and
yr Petitioners shall Ever pray."
There is an excellence of artistic conception and

xxx Early $Z\X) ^Otfi Silversmiths
workmanship found in the plate made by Peter Van
Dyck (see pages 9 and 60) which allows the assertion
that as a silversmith he had no superior in America. The
personal touch is ever there, and a perusal of his will
(proven in 1750) brings with it the thought that this
good old silversmith loved his handiwork, as we can see
by his desire to leave " To my daughters Hannah and
Cornelia, each a silver mugg. To my daughter Sarah
my smallest silver tankard. To my daughter Mary my
biggest silver tankard. To my daughter Lena my sil
ver teapot. Each of these articles are to be valued
according to weight and reckoned as part of their
share." His son, Richard Van Dyck, was also a silversmith
and is represented in the exhibition. Occasional ad
vertisements in the New York papers from 1753 to
1756 show that he gradually drifted away from his
early profession and became an importer of " pictures,
European and Indian goods, looking glasses, sconses
and Florence oyl." Very little plate bearing his mark
has survived.
Another silversmith of the early eighteenth century
and of interesting lineage here represented was Bar
tholomew Schaats, a descendant of that interesting
character, Domine Gideon Schaats, who, after being
ordained by the Classis of Amsterdam, came to New
Amsterdam in 1652 in the ship Flower of Guelder
under contract with the patron Johannis van Rennse-
laer " to be missionary to the Indians, teacher of the
catechism, and school-master for old and young," and
later, in 1657, became minister of the church at
Beverwyck (Albany), which charge he held until his
death in 1694. Two communion beakers in the ex-

Early &Z\X) ^Otfc Silversmiths xxxi
hibition were acquired by the congregation in Albany
under his pastorate.
Bartholomew LeRoux, who spoke in justification of
his fellow-citizens' seizure of the Fort, lived on the west
side of Broadway a little south of Morris Street. His
activities in the Leisler Rebellion in no way caused him
to lose caste with the party in power, as he was elected
to various positions of responsibility — constable, asses
sor and collector, and in 1703 assistant alderman, to
which office he was re-elected annually for the next ten
years. His son Charles successfully carried on the silver
smith's trade built up by his father, who died in 1713.
Charles LeRoux lived at a period even more interesting
and epoch-making than that of his father. He was
long the official silversmith of the city ; the records show
that, from 1720 to 1743, to him alone was entrusted
the making of the various gold and silver boxes, which,
engraved with the arms of the city, inclosed the city
seal, which accompanied the engrossed freedom of the
city granted by the common council for noteworthy
service and to highly honored visitors.
He was an engraver as well, and was instructed to
make the stamps for the issue of bills of credit of
1734 and 1737, and deliver them to William Bradford
and John Peter Zenger, respectively, for the printing.
Snuff boxes made by Charles LeRoux figure as
tokens of the city fathers' gratitude for services ren
dered. Of these boxes, not the least interesting was the
one presented to Captain Peter Solgard in 1723, " who
lately on A Cruise upon this Coast in the due Execu
tion & discharge of his Duty upon Intelligence given
him sought for Pursued and Engaged two Pyrate

xxxii Early JlJetD gOtfi Silversmiths
Sloops Commanded by One Low (A Notorious & In
humane Pyrate) one of which Sloops he took After a
Resolute Resistance & Very much Shatter'd the Other
who by the favour of the Night Escaped, twenty Six
of which Pyrates So taken being lately Executed at
Rhode Island, not only Eased this City and Province
of A Very great trouble but of A Very Considerable
Expence &c : "
Its cost was twenty-three pounds nineteen shillings,
and it was decorated with " the Arms of this Corpo
ration handsomely engraved on one Side thereof, and
on the Other his Majesties Ship Greyhound En
gaging two Pyrate Sloops and A Motto Over them
(Viz4) Quaesitos Humani Generis Hostes Debellare
Superbum." Another was voted at the time of the capture of
Gardiner's Island from the Spanish in 1728 to Captain
Covil Mayne, Commander of his Majesty's ship Bidde-
ford, who " did lately at the Request of his Excellency
the Honble John Montgomerie ESqr Governour and
Cap4 General of this Province, with the Greatest
Chearfulness Bravery and Expedition (Notwithstand
ing that the Man of Warr under his Command was
at that time unrig'd in Order to refit) in few hours
make ready and proceed against A Spanish Privateer
Ship which had landed A Considerable force and al
ready made barbarous havock and depredation upon the
Coasts of this Province (at A time when his Majesties
Station Ship the Shoram was unhapily disabled by the
loss of her Masts in her late dangerous Voyage from
Great Brittain and rendred intirely incapable of putting
to sea) and by the Terror of his Majesties Arms under
the Conduct of so Gallant and Experienc'd A Com-

Early $£tD J9ot6 Silversmiths xxxiii
mander (which too soon reach'd the Ears of the En
emy) drove them from these seas by means whereof
our Villages that had lately felt and were hourly
Exposed to their Brutal Ravage were freed from their
Just fears and Apprehensions, our Alarms Ceased, and
our Trade was again successfully Opened ". . . .
LeRoux was assistant alderman at the time of the
trial of the printer John Peter Zenger, and was one
of the council who voted in 1735 a gold snuff box, five
and one-half ounces in weight to be made by Charles
LeRoux, to Zenger's counsel along with the following
resolutions :
. . . . " WHEREAS Honour is the Just Reward of
Vertue and Publick Benefitts demand A Publick Ac
knowledgment WE therefore under A Gratefull sense
of the Remarkable service done to the Inhabitants of
this City and County by Andrew Hamilton ESqr of
Pensilvania Barrister at Law by his learned and Gen
erous defence of the Rights of Mankind and the Lib
erty of the Press in the Case of John Peter Zenger
lately tryed on an Information Exhibited in the Su-
pream Court of this Colony, do by these presents bear
to the Said Andrew Hamilton ESqr the Publick thanks
of the Freemen of this Corporation for that signal
service which he ChearfuUy undertook under great
Indisposition of body and Generously performed Re
fusing any ffee or Reward. . . ."
Charles LeRoux was seal maker to the city as well
as engraver and silversmith. In 1735 he was one of
the committee of four aldermen appointed to ... .
"Advise with Counsel learned in the Law, what Meth
ods are legally to be taken by this Corporation to
Recover the Seal of the Said Corporation out of the

xxxiv Early $et» J^Orfc Silversmiths
Custody of the present Mayor who detains the same
Contrary to A Law of this Corporation ; " 
As a result of their consultation and report the city
records note that " Mr Mayor having Consented to
deliver the seal of this Corporation to the Common
Clerk of this Corporation for the use of the Said Cor
poration, it is ORDERED that A seal be forthwith
made and delivered to Mr Mayor; which Seal is to
be Called the seal of the Office of Mayorality of the
City of New York, that the Said Seal be Round som-
thing larger than a Dollar, the City Arms to be En
graved thereon, and that the Motto be (City of New
York Seal of Mayorality) and that Mr LeRoux make
the same with all Expedition."
Charles LeRoux's name is also found on the list of
the Grand Jury, who in 1 736 ..." Do Certifie that
James Alexander ESqr * in the several Offices that he
has Enjoyed within this Colony of New York, has
Executed the same Offices to the General satisfaction,
and without blemish in his Reputation, as far as we
have heard or believe. That he has also for many
years last past practiced as an Attorney and Council at
Law with a fair and upright Character, that he hath
been and Still is Generally Reputed and Esteemed to
be a true friend to the late Glorious Revolution and
to the Protestant succession in the Illustrious House
of Hanover and well Affected to his present Majestys
Person and Government. And that the Said James
•James Alexander, one of the leaders of the patriotic
party, was disbarred from the practice of law by Governor
Cosby, while acting as one of the counsel for Zenger at
the very commencement of this all-important trial, the out
come of which assured to New York City an unbridled
press and freedom of political thought.

Early |$et» ^Otfe Silversmiths xxxv
Alexander is A Man of good life and of a good Estate
within this City and Colony to the best of our knowl
edge." . . .
Civic development, warfare, and politics are not the
only associations which hover around this early Knick
erbocker plate. The name of William Huertin (who
made one of the porringers shown in the exhibition)
involuntarily calls to mind the coming of the Palatines
and the founding of the Lutheran Church in this state
through the following quaint translation of an inscrip
tion (signed by Susanna Sibylla Huertin, his wife, the
daughter of the famous preacher) upon the tombstone
of the Rev. Joshua Kocherthal at West Camp, New
York. " Know Traveler, under this stone rests, beside his
Sibylla Charlotta, a real traveler, of the High Dutch
in North America, their Joshua and a pure Lutheran
preacher of the same on the east and west side of the
Hudson river. His first arrival was with Lord Love
lace, in 1709, the first of January. His second with
Colonel Hunter, 17 10 the Fourteenth of June. The
Journey of his soul to Heaven on St. John's day, 17 19
interrupted his return to England. Do you wish to
know more? Seek in Melanchtons Fatherland, who
was Kocherthal, who Harschias, who Winchenback.
B. Berkenmeyer, S. Huertin, L. Brevort."
Huertin took a very active part in the controversy
which arose among the congregation of the French
church, L'Eglise du Saint Esprit, in Pine Street in
1724, when the consistory dismissed the elder pastor,
the Rev. Mr. Rou, at the insistence of the adherents
of the Rev. Mr. Moulinar (whose son's handiwork is
shown in the exhibition). He strenuously supported

xxxvi Early |$CtD ^0t^6 Silversmiths
the claims of the younger pastor Moulinar, a man then
" most distinguished for his peaceful Spirit, dull parts,
and unblameable conversation " against the elder pas
tor Rou — " a Man of Learning, but proud, pleasurable
and passionate " — in the dissensions in the consistory
which resulted in the dismissal of Mr. Rou. Mr. Rou
took his case before the city fathers, who decided his
dismissal was irregular, but advised the congregation
to adjust their difference amicably among themselves.
Mr. Rou then filed a Bill in Chancery before the Gov
ernor, at which action the supporters of Moulinar,
cognizant of Governor Burnet's predilection for the
plaintiff, withdrew in a body from the church.
It is not the province of this monograph to detail
the names and histories of the two hundred silversmiths
who worked in New York during the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries. Many of their names are closely
identified with our city's progress and their descendants
are legion. Possibly enough has been told to associate
their work with the history of our city. They were a
sturdy lot of men; some of them braved the dangers
of settling in an unknown country and took an active
part in the building up of the town ; others lent their
influence to the party of democracy during the long
struggle for political independence, which only ended
with the birth of the republic. Their work was honest,
and represents the very beginning of the development
of the arts and crafts in this city of ours, and must
have an added interest in that it perpetuates the artistic
conception of men so closely identified with the early
history of our great metropolis.
R. T. H. Halsey.
October I, igio.

CATALOGUE of
EARLT SILVER

BEAKER WITH COVER, DUTCH, ABOUT 170O.
LENT BY SAINT MARY'S CHURCH, BURLING
TON, NEW JERSEY

PART I
The work of
Butt!) g>ilbersmttl)s
UNKNOWN MAKERS.
i. BEAKER WITH COVER. Flaring cylindri
cal body with moulded, repousse base; nulling on
cover, surmounted with a crown on six scrolled
brackets; body engraved with band of interlaced
strap-work inclosing scrolls with birds, scrolls with
cherubs' heads, drops of fruit and flowers, and three
emblematic birds ; cover engraved with scroll having
hunter, dog, deer, and birds. H. 1 1 % inches.
Mark: None.
Inscription : a. BRT (monogram) ; b. BRT dou
ble interlace (script); c. BRT (monogram).
Lent by Saint Mary's Church, Burlington, N. J.
Made about 1700, and probably from the Low Countries.
See the note on this church under No. 155.
2. BEAKER. Engraved with a band of interlaced
strap-work inclosing scrolls of flowers and leaves,
depending bunches of fruit alternating with car
touches, having figures of amoretti, inclosing figures
of Faith, Hope, and Charity. Below, three birds
with olive branches. H. J% inches.
Marks: (3) Haarlem marks. 3

Part I ?©UtCl) Silversmiths
Inscription: Dieakony ant Fort Orangje in Nieiine-
derlandt anno 1660.
Lent by the First Reformed Church, Albany, N. Y.
See also under Ahasuerus Hendricks, American maker.

'tiittiv

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In March, 1624, the ship Nieu Nederlandt sailed from
Amsterdam, carrying thirty families, chiefly Walloons,
and a few Dutch freemen. The majority of the fam
ilies proceeded up the river. Under the shadow of the
clay hill on which the Capitol now stands, they built
rude huts and a little log fort which they named Fort
Orange.
The Albany (Beverwyck, Rensselaerwyck) Church was
founded in 164a, fourteen years after that at New York.
Its first pastor was Joannes Megapolensis, who after
wards assisted Polhemus at Flatbush and Flatlands.
" Domine Megapolensis " was to receive as salary for
six years of pastoral labor " 1100 guilders ($440), 22}4
bushels of wheat, and two firkins of butter for the first
three years, and if his labors were satisfactory to the
patroon, he was to receive an additional amount of
200 g. ($80) per annum for the succeeding three years."
(Hist. Discourse on Reformed Protestant Dutch Church
of Albany.) The pastor at the time the two pieces of
silver here catalogued were given was Gideon Schaats,
who had been a schoolmaster at Beest in Holland before
coming to America. He was the second minister of the
church, serving from 1652 for more than thirty years.

Fart I ?©Utrt) Silversmiths 5
3. BEAKER. Flaring cylindrical body with mould
ed base ; engraved with a band of interlacing strap-
work inclosing scrolls of flowers and leaves, three
groups of depending scrolls, drops of fruit and flow
ers, and, below, three birds. H. 7)^ inches.
Marks: (3) Haarlem marks.
Inscription: H&.W
Lent by the Collegiate Church, New York.
In New York City the Reformed Dutch Church was
called the Collegiate Church. Worship was conducted
in different buildings, in the Fort from 1628 to 1693 ; in
Garden Street, called the South Church, from 1693 to
1813, when the edifice was burned; the Middle Church,
Cedar Street, corner of Nassau, from 1727 to 1844, when
the building was given up; in ¦ the North Church, on
Fulton Street, corner of William, from 1769 to 1874; 'n
Ninth Street from 1836 to 1861 ; in Lafayette Place from
1839 (called the Middle Church from 1855) ; in Twenty-
ninth Street and Fifth Avenue from 1854; and Forty-
eighth Street and Fifth Avenue from 1868.
The Garden Street congregation separated from the Col
legiate Church after the fire and became known as the
South Dutch Church.

4. BEAKER. Flaring cylindrical body with mould
ed and repousse base ; engraved with a band of inter
laced strap-work inclosing scrolls of flowers and
¦ leaves, three depending scrolls inclosing cartouches
with figures of Fortitude, Strength, and Wisdom,
and below, three birds with olive branches. H. 7%
inches.
Marks: (3) Haarlem marks.
Inscription : f) ¦& yy
Lent by the Collegiate Church, New York.

Part I ?©UtCl) Silversmiths
. i. BEAKER. Border of interlaced bands inclosing
scrolls of flowers and leaves, with depending bunches
of fruit; between these, figures with bows and
arrows and cartouches inclosing figures of Faith,
Hope, and Charity; below, birds with olive
branches. H. 6% inches.
Marks: (3) Haarlem marks.
Inscription: Catharina Van Cortlant (script).
Lent by the First Reformed Church, Tarrytown,
New York.
The church at Tarrytown, formerly called Philipsburg,
was established in 1697. The silver has been " used
since the church was founded. They were given by
Frederic Flypse or Fredryck Flypse at the time the
church was built. The baptismal bowl originally set in
a kind of ring that extended out from the pulpit."

CHALICE, SWEDISH, XVIII CENTURY. LENT BY HOLY
TRINITY CHURCH, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE

PART II
The work of
Isfartifel) J3>ilber*mitl)8
UNKNOWN MAKER.
5. CHALICE WITH PATEN-COVER. Spheri
cal bowl; hexagonal stem; round knop with two
rows of repousse scallops inclosing engraved flowers
and letters S M I N R I between four moulded
bands; wide, flaring, moulded foot sexfoil. H. g%
inches. Paten, D. 6 inches.
Marks on chalice: C. B., in circle with crown
above. Portions of two others. These marks
are those of Christiania and date from the early
part of the eighteenth century.
Inscription: Chalice; a. Fahlu Bergslags Schenek:
til H : Trefal-Kirkiopo China i Penfylvanien Ao
1718/Affefor och Bergmaftare: Herr: Anders
Swab : b. H : Erick Biorck-P-FahlH-Fordom
Wid China i Penfylvanien: e. Tag och drick:
thetta ar min blod: c. Tager Ock att: datta ar
min Lekomen. Paten; Tager ock att datta ar
min Lekomen (script).
Translation: a. Gift of the Mining Company of
Fahlun to Holy Trinity Church at Christina, in
Pennsylvania, a.d. 1718, Assessor and Mine
Master, Andrew Swab. Magister Eric Bjork,

8 Part II fS>t»e&t#) Silversmiths
Pastor of Fahlun, formerly at Christina, in
Pennsylvania: b. Take and drink, this is my
blood. Paten; Take and eat, this is my body.
Lent by Holy Trinity Church, Wilmington, Dela
ware.
This chalice is a reminder of the small colony of Swedes
who settled in Delaware in 1640 and 1641, remaining
there only until 1655, when Governor Stuyvesant with
the representative of his church, Dominie Megapolensis,
turned them out after a bloodless conflict. The Rev. Eric
Bjork, pastor of Holy Trinity Church from 1696 to 1714,
after he had been recalled to Sweden and appointed pas
tor at Fahlun, sent this chalice to Wilmington as a gift.
6. BOX WITH COVER. Oval, with moulded
cover. L. 3% inches.
Marks: None.
Inscription: Trinity Church A.D. 17 18.
Lent by Holy Trinity Church, Wilmington, Dela
ware.

TANKARD, BY PETER VAN DYCK. LENT BY R. T.
HAINES HALSEY

PART III
The work of
American isrtlbersmttjjs;

I. A.
7. FLAGON. Bulbous body with wide neck;
splayed fluted foot having moulding on edge; tall
domed cover with moulding on edge; open scroll
purchase, fluted at top ; hinge drop on handle ; scroll
handle with heart-shaped tip. H. g% inches.
Mark: I A (script), in square.
Inscription: B. M. L. (script), interlaced.
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, Trenton,
New Jersey.
The First Presbyterian Church of Trenton was, accord
ing to a tablet in the church, formed in 1712, built in
1726, rebuilt in 1805.
ADRIAN BANCKER (1703-c. 1 761). Son of
Evert Bancker, Mayor of Albany. Born October 10,
1703. Married Elizabeth van Taerling in New York,
January 30, I72Q. Admitted as a Freeman, New
York, 1731. Continued his trade for about thirty
years. Collector of the South Ward from 1733 to
1736. 8. BAPTISMAL BASIN. Spherical bowl; wide
plain rim with moulded edge. D. 10J
Mark: A B. in oval.

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Inscriptions: a. Om na dit leev' o. Mensch het
eeuwig Levent'erven ; | Zyt reyn in Christus
bloed, en sterf dore Voor uw sterven. | Die in
Gods Zone leeft, reets eeuwig Leven heeft, | En
leeft door't waar geloof, die in de Liefde leeft.
b. (Seal.) sig. eccl. prot. belg. reform, nov.
eboracensis. 1744. c. Reformed Protestant
Dutch Church of the City of New York (script).
Lent by the Collegiate Church,. New York.
9. BEAKER. H. 7 inches.
Mark: A B, in oval.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the Rochester Church, Accord, New York.
The Rochester Church was organized in 1701, the begin
ning of its life coinciding with that of the community it
self. It shared for several years the fostering care of
the Rev. Petrus Vas and the Rev. G. W. Mancius of
Kingston. Eager for a minister of their own, the churches
of Marbletown, Rochester, and Wawarsing in 1751 sent
Jacobus Frelinghuysen to Holland to complete his studies
at the University of Utrecht and return as their clergy
man. He was licensed and ordained by the Classis of
Amsterdam and sailed for America, but died during his
passage over.
10. CREAM JUG. Pear-shaped body with spherical
bottom; serrated edge; three cabriole legs; double
scrolled handle. H. 4.% inches.
Mark: A B, in oval.
Inscription: None.
Lent by Luke Vincent Lockwood.
11. PORRINGER. Handle with three piercings;
with a modern cover. D. 5% inches.

BAPTISMAL BASIN, BY ADRIAN BANCKER. LENT BY
THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH, NEW YORK

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Mark: A B, in oval.
Inscription: Q u
Lent by Mrs. Robert Remsen.
12. TEAPOT. Bell-shaped ; moulded lip and shoul
der band; splayed foot; tall, moulded, domed cover
with finial ; octagonal curved spout ; straight handle
sockets; double scrolled wood handle with silver
tip. H. 7j4 inches.
Mark: A B, in oval.
Inscription: a. t jr; b. L.S.W. (Gothic).
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
13. PORRINGER. D. 5 inches.
Mark: A B, in oval.
Inscription : a. S M ; b. Modern record.
Lent by Judge A. T. Clearwater.
14. TANKARD. Flat domed lid; double scroll
purchase; hinge drop; scroll handle (half rat-tail),
with oval on tip. H. 6^ inches.
Mark: A. B., in oval.
Inscriptions: a. C T E interlaced (script) ; b. a t
Anonymous loan.
15. PORRINGER. Handle with three piercings.
D. 5^8 inches.
Mark : A B, pellet below, in a heart.
Inscription: 11 r>
Lent by Mrs. Robert Remsen.

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SIMEON A. BAYLEY. Worked in New York,
17QO-17Q6.
1 6. TEAPOT. Oval; sides elaborately engraved
with garlands, borders, and panels; beaded edges;
bell-shaped cover with urn finial; straight handle
sockets. D. 6% inches. H. 6% inches.
Mark: Bayley, in shaped rectangle.
Inscription: I E C interlaced, (Euphemia Colville)
(script).
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
JOHN BEDFORD. Worked at Fishkill, Dutch
ess county, from shortly after the Revolution until his
death in 1834.
17. SUGAR TONGS. Narrow, engraved border;
acorn-shaped tips. L. 6J^ inches.
Mark: I Bedford (script), in rectangle.
Inscription: I W, interlaced (script).
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
THAUVET BESLEY. Admitted as a Free
man in New York, 1727.
18. TANKARD. Reeded rim and base; flat mould
ed cover with serrated, engraved front edge ; double-
scroll purchase; rat-tail on scroll handle; lozenge
tip. H. 7y% inches.
Mark: T B, monogram, crown above.
Inscription: t"t
Lent by Mrs. Richard S. Ely.

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A. BLANC HARD. Lexington, Kentucky, about
1800.19. MUG. Cylindrical body; moulded lip and bot
tom; flat (five-sided) scroll handle. H. 6 inches;
D. 5 inches.
Mark: A. BLANCHARD, in long oval.
Inscription: Frankfort Presbyterian Church
(script).
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, Frankfort,
Kentucky.
The city of Frankfort is situated upon the first parcel of
ground surveyed and located in what is now the State of
Kentucky. No record gives the exact date of the organ
ization of the church, but from reliable information 1816
may be fixed upon as the year.
20. MUGS (2). Same as above. H. 4.% and \]A,
inches; D. 3^-2 and 3^ inches.
Mark: A. BLANCHARD, in long oval.
Inscription: Frankfort Presbyterian Church
(script).
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, Frankfort,
Kentucky.
HENDRIK BOELEN. Son of Jacob Boelen;
married Anneken Kourt; daughter Anna baptized,
Nov. 28, 1686; died, 1755. See page xxiv.
21. BASIN. Shallow depression domed in the cen
ter; moulded flaring rim. D. 15% inches.
Mark: f-B, m shaped shield.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the Collegiate Church, New York.

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22. BEAKER. Moulded foot with band of repousse
crosses; engraved with a band of interlacing strap-
work inclosing scrolls of leaves and flowers and
branches, which depend in three groups surround
ing cartouches containing figures of triaei, eKirth®
and cuya7Tfi<;. H. 6^/4 inches.
Mark: JfJ, in shaped shield.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the Reformed Church, Flatlands, Long
Island.
The church at Flatlands (Amersfoort), Long Island, was
founded in 1654, under the general pastorate of J. T.
Polhemus. Rev. Mr. Polhemus had his morning discourse at Flat
bush, with his evening service alternately at Midwout
and Breuckelen. In consequence of this arrangement
Governor Stuyvesant was presented with the following
remonstrance by the people of Brooklyn:
" Every fortnight on Sundays he comes here, only in the
afternoon for a quarter of an hour, when he only gives
us a prayer in lieu of a sermon, by which we can receive
very little instruction ; while often, while one supposes
the prayer or sermon ... is beginning, then it is actu
ally at an end, by which he contributes very little to the
edification of his congregation."
23. BEAKERS (2). Engraved with a band of in
terlaced strap-work inclosing scrolls of leaves, flow
ers, and branches. H. 6J4 inches.
Mark: J£, in shaped shield.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the Reformed Church, Bergen, New Jersey.
The Bergen Church (Jersey City) was founded in 1662.
" In September the civil authorities of the village peti
tioned the governor and his council for a minister of the
gospel, at the same time subjoining a subscription list, by
which twenty-five persons had obligated themselves

BEAKER, BY HENDRIK BOELEN. LENT BY THE RE
FORMED CHURCH, FLATLANDS, LONG ISLAND

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yearly to contribute the amount of 417 guilders in see-
wan for his support. But the affairs of the province at
this period were in such a bad condition . . . that . . .
the petition had to be ignored, and Bergen, for almost a
century afterwards (till 1750), remained without the
services of a local pastor." The schoolmaster filled the
minister's place.
" On May 26, 1678, Bergen's first communion set was
bought at an expense of 74 guilders 10 stivers and
consisted of the following articles : ' eight lbs. of pewter,
being three plates and a pitcher of 6 guilder the pound,
and two pewter beakers at 12 guilder apiece, and 1 el
of Ossenburger linen.' On January 26, 1731, the pewter
cups were changed for two silver ones, bought of Hen-
drikus Boele, and costing 519 guilders 10 stivers in
seewan. These latter cups are still in possession of the
Bergen Reformed Church, and do service at every com
munion." (Sketch of Early History of Reformed Dutch
Church of Bergen — Versteeg.)
24. TANKARD. Tapering cylindrical body with
moulded lip and base ; flat domed cover, having coin
of Louis XV, dated 1727 inlaid; serrated front
edge; scroll purchase and moulded hinge; scrolled
handle with cherub's head tip. H. 7 inches.
Mark: J-JJ, in shaped shield.
Inscription: a. V C N, interlaced (script) ; b.
Coat-of-arms; c. TU
Lent by Mrs. Robert Temple Emmet.
25. BEAKERS (2). Repousse ornament between
the moulded lines of the foot ; engraved with a band
of interlacing strap-work inclosing scrolls of flow
ers and leaves, which depend in three groups and
surround cartouches containing figures of Spes,
Fides, and Charitas. H. 6% inches.
Mark: H$, in shaped shield.

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Inscription: As above, and on one, 1707.
Lent by the New Utrecht Reformed Church, Brook
lyn, New York.
The church at New Utrecht was founded in 1677 with
the Rev. Casparus Van Zuuren as clergyman. Flatbush,
Flatlands, Brooklyn, and New Utrecht shared his serv
ices. In 1707, 530 guilders — or $212 — were paid for two
cups for the communion service, which are the old silver
ones now in use.
On the Sabbaths the clergyman was unable to be pres
ent, services were conducted by the voor-lezer, or clerk —
probably the village schoolmaster. He performed the
duties of sexton, chorister, lay reader, and catechist.
I. B. New York, 1680.
26. BEAKER. Flaring cylindrical body with mould
ed base ; engraved with a band of interlacing strap-
work inclosing scrolls of flowers and leaves, which
depend in three groups surrounding cartouches in
closing figures of Faith, Hope, and Charity, and
below, trees. H. 7% inches.
Mark: I B, in shield.
Inscription: Een tecken Van liefden en Waerhyt |
tot Kercke aen Kinftoun | A. 1683.
Lent by the First Reformed Church, Kingston,
New York.
Hermanus Blom, ordained to preach in the New Nether
lands " both on water and on the land, and in all the
neighborhood, but principally in Esopus," came to the
new country upon the urgent request of the Classis, an
ecclesiastical judicatory, like the Presbytery of the Pres
byterian Church, and was assigned to the settlement of
Esopus, Kingston, as the one most in need of his minis
trations. The Church at that place was organized under
his ministry in 1659. This Church was served until De
cember, 1808, by pastors educated in universities of Hol
land and Germany, who preached in Dutch.

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26.1. BAPTISMAL BASIN. Flaring moulded
rim, spherical bowl (later foot added). D. 10^2
inches.
Mark: I B, quatrefoil below, in shield.
Inscription: Fredryck Flypfe (script).
Lent by the First Reformed Church, Tarrytown,
New York.
JACOB BOELEN. Worked in New York from
1680; married Katharina Klock; daughter Byken bap
tized July 14, 1680; admitted as a Freeman in New
York, 1698; a brother-in-law of Dirck Ten Eyck. See
page xxiii.
27. BOWL. Divided into six panels by repousse
ornament; two scroll handles ending in term;
moulded base. D. 5^2 inches.
Mark: I B, in shaped shield. (The Boelen mark,
but partially illegible.)
Inscription: a. A-V-V; b. TVV; c. MSR
Lent by Mrs. Robert Remsen.
28. BASINS (2). Flat domed depression; flaring
moulded rim. D. 14^ inches.
Mark: I B, in shaped shield.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the Collegiate Church, New York.
29. TANKARD. Moulded lip and moulded base
embossed with cord ; domed cover with flat top ; ser
rated front edge and double spiral purchase; scroll

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handle with moulded drop and shield tip. H. $]/2
inches.
Mark: I B, in shaped shield.
Inscription: Crest, ram's head and oak branches.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
EPHRAIM BRASHER. This name appears in
the New York Directory, 1786— 1805; member of the
Gold and Silver Smiths' Society. Brasher made the die
for the famous doubloon known by his name.
30. BAPTISMAL BASIN. Spherical bowl; flar
ing, moulded, and beaded rim. D. io}i inches.
Mark: E B, in oval.
Inscription: a. The North Church | April 15th,
1796 (script); b. Reformed Protestant Dutch
Church of the City of New York (script).
Lent by the Collegiate Church, New York.
31. CREAMER. Inverted bell shape ; slender stem ;
round spreading foot on square base ; beading around
lip and foot; high strap handle, moulded. H. 7^4
inches.
Mark : E B, in oval.
Inscription: a. R B, interlaced (script) ; b. W D B.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
32. MUG. Splayed foot; scrolled handle with acan
thus leaf. H. 5^4 inches.
Mark : E B, in oval.
Inscription: None.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.

BOWL, BY JACOB BOELEN. LENT BY
MRS. ROBERT REMSEN

MUGS, BY JOHN HASTIER. LENT BY THE FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, SOUTHAMPTON, LONG
ISLAND

BOWL, BY SIMEON SOUMAINE. LENT BY MRS.
ROBERT REMSEN

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J. C. & CO.
33. CREAMER. Octagonal helmet shape ; moulded
foot on octagonal base; wire handle. H. 7j4 inches.
Mark: J. C. & Co., in rectangle.
Inscription: M. G, interlaced (script).
Lent by Mrs. George S. DeWitt.
34- TEAPOT. Octagonal, with domed cover and
finial; straight spout; engraved with bands and
garlands. H. 7 inches.
Mark: J. C. & Co., in rectangle.
Inscription: MG, interlaced (script).
Lent by Mrs. George S. DeWitt.
W. S. C.
35. MUG. Pear-shaped body; moulded lip and
splayed foot; double curved, foliated handle. H.
4 inches.
Mark: 1. \y S ln ova^> 2- N York, in rectangle.
Inscription: S B R, interlaced (script), in a car
touche.
Lent by Professor Theodore S. Woolsey.
P. CHITRY. Worked in New York 1816-1833.
36. ALMS BASINS (2). Flat domed depression;
flat moulded rim. D. 10 inches.
Mark : P. Chitry, in long oval.
Inscription: a. Zion Church Presented by the La
dies 1820 (script) ; b. N. on one and N. G.
(North aisle and north gallery aisle.)

20 Part III American Silversmiths
Lent by the Church of Zion and Saint Timothy,
New York.
Zion Protestant Episcopal Church of New York was in
corporated in 1810. At that time an English Lutheran
Church, composed largely of English-speaking descend
ants of German Lutherans, was dissolved and became a
parish of the Protestant Episcopal Church. St. Tim
othy's Church was incorporated in 1854 under the rec
torship of the Rev. James Cole Tracey. In 1890 these
two churches were united under the corporate title of the
Church of Zion and St. Timothy.
A. D.
37. CHALICES (2). Cup-shaped bowl; flaring
lip; rounded knop; moulded foot. H. 8% inches.
Mark: A.D., in oval.
Inscription: A Gift | of the Honrble |
John Reading Efq | Deceas'd | to
the Eastern Presbi | terian Con
gregation | in Amwell 1767 (script),
in cartouche.
Lent by the Amwell First Presbyterian Church,
Reaville, N. J.
The Amwell First Presbyterian Church of Reaville,
N. J., was organized between 1715 and 1733.
JOHN DAVID. (1736-1798). Son of Peter
David, Philadelphia.
38. ALMS BASIN. Flat bowl with flat moulded
rim. D. ioj4 inches.
Mark:] D, in oval (small).
Inscription: The Gift of the Honour
able Iohn Penn Esqr to ST Peter's
Church at Lewistown June 10 1773

CHALICE, FLAGON, AND ALMS BASIN, BY JOHN DAVID. LENT BY SAINT PETER S CHURCH,
LEWES, DELAWARE

Part III SUtterfcatt Silversmiths 21
Lent by Saint Peter's Church, Lewes, Delaware.
St. Peter's Church, Lewes, Delaware, had its beginnings
in 1689 through the aid of the Society for the Propaga
tion of the Gospel. The plate, as stated in the inscrip
tion, was presented in 1773 by John Penn, who was
grandson of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania,
and governor of that province from 1773 to 1775, when
because his loyalty to the colonies was doubted he was
superseded.
39. CHALICE WITH COVER. Cup-shaped
bowl; moulded lip; round knop between two col
lars on stem which ends in moulded foot; moulded
domed cover with spiral finial. H. 12 inches.
Mark: IDAVID, in oblong.
Inscription: The Gift of the Honble Iohn
Penn Esq" to St Peter's Church at
Lewistown June 10 1773
Lent by Saint Peter's Church, Lewes, Delaware.

40. FLAGON. Bulbous body with moulded, splayed
foot ; moulded domed cover with scroll purchase and
hinge drop; scroll handle with shield tip. H. 10
inches.
Mark: IDAVID, in rectangle.
Inscription: As above.
Lent by Saint Peter's Church, Lewes, Delaware.
41. MUG. Bulbous body; moulded, splayed foot;
scroll handles with acanthus leaf. H. 5^ inches.
Mark: IDAVID, in rectangle.
Inscription: A F, interlaced (script).
Lent by Herbert Dupuy.

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JOSEPH DUBOIS. Worked in New York
1790-1798.
42. ALMS BASIN. Flat domed depression; flaring
rim. H. g]4 inches.
Mark: JDUBOIS, in rectangle.
Inscription: The Gift of Leonard Bleecker to the
Reformed Dutch Church in New York 1792
(script).
Lent by the Collegiate Church, New York.
CARY DUNN. Worked in New York for thirty-
one years from 1765, when he was admitted as Free
man; member of the Gold and Silver Smiths' Society,
1786.
43- SUGAR TONGS. Arms with interlaced
branches; pierced end with narrow engraved bor
ders; shell-shaped tips. L. 6% inches.
Mark: CDUNN, in rectangle.
Inscription: C A.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
44. TANKARD. Moulded base; domed cover with
flat top and serrated front edge; scroll purchase;
scroll handle with drop. H. 7 inches.
Mark: ODUNN, in rectangle.
Inscription: J J B, interlaced (script).
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
I. W. FORBES. New York, N. Y., 180 5-1820.
45- STANDING CUPS (2). Ovoid bowl; trum
pet-shaped stem; moulded base. H. 7^ inches.

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Mark: a. I. W. FORBES, in rectangle; b. Sheaf
of wheat.
Inscription: Eng511 Luthn Church Zion | Presented
by the Ladies | 1806 (script).
Lent by the Church of Zion and Saint Timothy,
New York.
Zion Protestant Episcopal Church of New York was in
corporated in 1810. At that time an English Lutheran
Church, composed largely of English-speaking descend
ants of German Lutherans, was dissolved and became a
parish of the Protestant Episcopal Church. St. Tim
othy's Church was incorporated in 1854 under the rec
torship of the Rev. James Cole Tracey. In 1890 these
two churches were united under the corporate title of the
Church of Zion and St. Timothy.
46. FLAGON. Oval bulbous body; short stem;
moulded foot ; moulded domed cover with round
finial; flat serrated purchase with flat hinges (?)
on a. flat curved handle. H. 13^2 inches.
Mark: I. W. FORBES, in rectangle.
Inscription: (on both sides) Eng511 Luth" Chh Zion
| Presented by the Ladies | 1806 (script).
Lent by the Church of Zion and Saint Timothy,
New York.
47. FLAGON WITH SPOUT. Tapering cylin
drical body; splayed foot; moulded cover with
round knob and moulded hinge; curved handle;
nulling on edge, midband, and bottom of foot. H.
12 inches.
IWF
Marks: a. I. W. FORBES, in rectangle ; b. * ;
N.Y.
c. Anchor; d. Star; e. Head; /. C.

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Inscription: None.
Lent by Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, New York.
In 1756 the Rev. Samuel Seabury became a missionary
to Dutchess County by the appointment of the venerable
Society. In 1764 he recorded the great opportunity for
work in that county with the hope that " the Society will
Send Some very pious young Clergyman to make them a
Tender of his service." This clergyman proved to be
Mr. John Beardsley, who was in charge of the parishes
of Norwich and Groton, Conn. He found the people of
Poughkeepsie eager for his services. As he wrote,
" They have set about building a Church and are deter
mined to procure 100 acres of land for a glebe."
48. PATENS (2). Flat, with flaring rim; trumpet
stem; moulded foot. D. a. 8}^ inches; b. 9%
inches.
Mark: 1. I W FORBES, in rectangle; 2. Sheaf
of wheat.
Inscription: Eng^ Luthn Chh Zion | Presented by
the Ladies. 1806 (script).
Lent by the Church of Zion and Saint Timothy,
New York.

WILLIAM G. FORBES, admitted as Free
man, 1773; name appears in first New York Directory,
1786, under notice of a meeting of the Gold and Silver
Smiths' Society; member of Mechanics' Institute, 1802.
49. ALMS BASINS (2). Domed depression; flar
ing rim. D. 9 inches.
Mark: W G FORBES, in rectangle.
Inscription: Bushwick Church 27th Aug4 1803,
(script).

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Lent by the Reformed Church, Bushwick, Long
Island.
The Bushwick (Boght) Church was founded in 1654
under the general pastorate of Polhemus.
50. ALMS BASIN. Flat domed depression with
flaring rim. D. ioj^ inches.
Mark: W. FORBES, in rectangle.
Inscription: The Gift of lames C. Roosevelt to the
Reformed Dutch Church in New York 1792
(script).
Lent by the Collegiate Church, New York.
51. BOWL. Spherical, with four flutings; short
thick stem ; flat fluted foot. H. 4% inches ; D. 6%.
inches.
Mark: a. W G FORBES, in rectangle; b. eagle's
head; c. sheaf of wheat.
Inscription: R H W, interlaced (script).
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
N. FRANCIS. New York, 1805-1816.
52. SPOON. L. 7% inches.
Mark: 1. N FRANCIS, in oblong; 2. eagle, in
square with serrated top.
Inscription: Reformed | Dutch Church (script).
Lent by the Collegiate Church, New York.
PHILIP GOELET. Son of Jacobus and Jan-
netje Cosaer; baptized, Nov. 5, 1701; admitted as
Freeman, New York, 1731; served as assessor and
constable at various' times, 17 31-17 47 ; married Katha-

26 Part III American Silversmiths
rina Boelen; Goelet was a direct descendant of Jaco
bus Goelet, the early schoolmaster, and later book
seller and stationer, at the Sign of the Bible in what
is now Hanover Square.
52. 1. BEAKER. H. 6 inches.
Mark: P G, in oval.
Inscription: In Usum Ecclesiae Christi Presbyte-
rianae | apud Neo-Eboracenses.
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, New York.
52. 2. BEAKERS (3). H.
Mark: P G, in oval.
Inscription: Ex dono Annae Peartree | Ecclesiae
Christi Presbyterianae | apud Neo-Eboracenses
1730. (On two beakers the date is omitted.)
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, New York.
The First Presbyterian Church of New York City was
organized about 1716, with the Rev. James Anderson as
the first minister. In 1719 the first church building
was erected on Wall Street near Broadway. Later, an
other church was built on the corner of Beekman and
Nassau Streets, then " in the fields," quite " out of town."
In 1797, a third church, the Rutgers Street Church, was
built. These three congregations were considered as one
body until 1809, when they were separated by the Pres
bytery.
53. PEPPER-POT. Pear-shaped; moulded mid-
band; splayed foot; domed cover with moulded
edge. H. 4^ inches.
Mark: PG, in oval.
Inscription: p t
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.

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WILLIAM GRIGG. Admitted as Freeman,
New York, 1765; worked in Albany at one time.
Died after 1779.
54. SUGAR BOWL. Boat-shaped; engraved bor
der around rim and moulding of foot; cartouche
on each side. H. 6 inches.
Mark: Grigg (script), in shaped rectangle.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
H. & M. Albany silversmiths, last half of the eigh
teenth century.
55. TANKARD. Moulded base; domed cover,
with flat top; serrated front edge; scroll purchase;
double curved handle with drop. H. 7^ inches;
D. 5% inches.
Mark: H & M, in rectangle.
Inscription: a. W M V S, interlaced (script); b.
G W V S, interlaced (script).
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
JABEZ HALSEY (1762-1820). Gave up his
trade in New York in 1797 for a position in the
Custom House.
56. TEAPOT. Oval; body richly engraved with
garlands and ribbons; rim and moulded base bead
ed; pineapple finial; curved spout; curved handle
sockets. H. 7 inches.
Mark: I- HALSEY, in rectangle.
Inscription: I I B, interlaced (script).
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.

28 Part III £mertcatt Silversmiths
BENJAMIN HALSTED. Newark, N. J.
Worked in New York as early as 1764. The follow
ing appeared in The New-York Gazette or The
Weekly Post-Boy, Aug. 30, 1764.

A

A Warning Against a New York Silversmith.
Premonition to those Gentlemen that
may hereafter have an Occasion to em
ploy a Silver-Smith to beware of that Villain
BENJAMIN HALSTED; lest they be bit
by him, as I have been.
ANDREW BOWNE. "28-31.
That Benjamin Halsted recovered his reputation in
later years is evident from his being intrusted by Bishop
Hobart with the making of the communion service for
Trinity Church.
57. CHALICES (2). Cup-shaped bowl; flaring
lip; rounded knop; trumpet foot. H. 6^ inches.
Mark: Halsted (script), in shaped rectangle.
Inscription: a. I H S with cross in glory; b. Pre
sented by the Ladies of Newark | to Trinity
Church Newark N. J. A.D. 1806 (script).
Lent by Trinity Church, Newark, New Jersey.
Trinity Church, Newark, N. J., was organized about
1743-
58. FLAGON. Tapering cylindrical body; mould
ed lip and band ; splayed base ; curved handle, shield
tip; flat moulded cover; scroll purchase; hinge
drop. H. ioj4 inches.
Mark: Halsted (script), in shaped rectangle.

Part III &ntetfcatt Silversmiths 29
Inscription: a. I H S with cross in glory; b. Pre
sented by the Ladies of Newark | to Trinity
Church Newark N. J. A.D. 1806 (script).
Lent by Trinity Church, Newark, New Jersey.
59. PATENS (2). Oval, flat, domed depression;
flaring edge; trumpet foot. H. 2% inches; L. 7^
inches.
Mark: Halsted (script) in shaped rectangle.
Inscription: a. I H S with cross in glory; b. Pre
sented by the Ladies of Newark to Trinity
Church Newark N. J. A.D. 1806 (script).
Lent by Trinity Church, Newark, New Jersey.
The subjoined estimate of the cost of this service is in
teresting and is from the Hobart MS., endorsed in the
Bishop's writing: "Estimate of plate for the Altar, by
Mr. Halsted, Aug., 1806":
Estimate of the Cost of a Service of Plate for Trinity Church,
Newark, N. J.
One flagon, weight 40 oz.
Two collection plates, weight 28 oz. pair, round,
9 in. diameter.
Two bread plates, with feet, weight 26 oz. pair, oval, %\ in.
by "]\ in.
Two chalices, pint, 20 oz. pair.
114 oz. at 10/  $142.50
Workmanship and engraving  147.50
$290.00
Those belonging to Trinity Church, New York, weigh
as follows: Oz.
Flagon  49
Two chalices  3°
Two round plates, for bread  33
The above charges are estimated as low as can be done
to do justice ; the weight may vary a little from the above,
but cannot be reduced materially without making the articles
too diminutive. B. Halsted & Son.

30 Part III American Silversmiths
THOMAS HAMERSLY. Worked in New
York, 1756.
60. SALVER. Circular, moulded, scalloped rim;
three scroll feet. H. ij4 inches; D. I2J4 inches.
Mark: T H, in rectangle. .
Inscription: x * **, on bottom.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
61. TODDY WARMER. (Saucepan?) Mould
ed band; three scrolled feet attached; medal inset,
inscribed GVLIELMVSIIIDEIGRA D. 3^
inches.
Mark: TH, in rectangle.
Inscription: None.
Lent by Luke Vincent Lockwood.
62. ALMS BASIN. Shallow depression; rim with
moulded edge. D. 9^ inches.
Mark: TH, in rectangle.
Inscription: The Gift of Mr. John Troup
to Grace Church in Jamaica on
Nassau Island in the Province of
New York May y*y 1. 1761.
Lent by Grace Church, Jamaica, Long Island.
Jamaica was settled in 1656 largely by colonists from
Hempstead, who were Independents or Presbyterians.
By the Ministry Act of 1693 it was enacted that "there
shall be called, inducted, and established a good, suffi
cient Protestant minister . . . within one year ... to
have the care of Jamaica and the adjacent towns and
farms. . . . And . . . there shall be annually assessed
. . . for each minister, £60 in country produce at money
price." Through the help of a church building act
passed in 1699, a house of worship was built at Jamaica.

Part III American Silversmiths 31
63. TANKARD. Moulded rim and base; moulded
cover with flat top and serrated front edge; scroll
purchase; hinge drop; scroll handle with scroll on
tip. H. 7% inches.
Mark: TH (script), in oval.
Inscription: a. S P B, interlaced (script), in a
border; b. Coat-of-arms.
Property of the Museum, gift of Mrs. Evelyn A.
Jaffray.

JOHN HASTIER. Admitted as Freeman, New
York, 1726.
64. MUGS (2). Cylindrical tapering body ; mould
ed lip and base; curved handle with beaded rat-tail
and ovoid tip. H. 6J4 inches.

32 Part III American Silversmiths
Mark: I H, in heart.
Instription: S: Church: 1729 (script).
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, Southamp
ton, Long Island.
" The first minister was the Rev. Abraham Pierson, who
was appointed in October, 1640, at Boston, to be the pas
tor of this new church to be set up at Southampton." A
church edifice was erected in 1707.
65. TANKARD. Moulded base; scroll purchase;
scroll handle; domed moulded cover with medal
inset; moulded hinge with drop. Obverse: illvs-
TRISSIMI. FRATRES. IOHAN. ET. CORNEL: DEWIT.
H. 8 inches.
Mark: JH, in rectangle.
t ¦ • DW
Inscription: a. „, . „
G M
Lent by Mrs. George S. DeWitt.
AHASUERUS HENDRICKS. Married
Neltje Jans; daughter Annetie baptized October 8,
1679. Freeman, New York, 1698. See page xviii.
66. BEAKER. Engraved with a band of inter
lacing strap-work inclosing scrolls of flowers and
leaves, and with depending bunches of fruit alter
nating with cartouches, having figures of amoretti,
inclosing figures of Faith, Hope, and Charity. Be
low, three birds with olive branches. H. 71^ inches.
Mark: Al, in oval.
Inscription: Dieakony aen nu alBany A° 1678
(script).
Lent by the First Reformed Church, Albany, N. Y.

Part III American Silversmiths 33
W. B. HE YER. Worked in New York, 1798-
1827 ; name entered in New York Directories, 1815-
1827.
67. TEAPOT. Oblong, urn-shaped; elaborately
chased border; four ball feet; domed cover with
oblong repousse finial; scrolled handle with leaf
purchase ; spout with bird head. H. 1 1 J4 inches.
Mark: 1. W. B. HEYER, in rectangle; 2. H &
N, in rectangle.
Inscription: None.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
68. CREAM PITCHER. H. 7^ inches.
Mark: a. W. B. HEYER, in rectangle; b. H &
N, in rectangle.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
69. SUGAR BOWL. H. gU inches; D. 7^
inches.
Mark: a. W. B. HEYER, in rectangle; b. H &
N, in rectangle.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
W. B. HEYER & I. GALE.
70. FLAGON. Barrel-shaped body; reeded rim;
plain base; moulded domed cover; round finial;
long spout; square handle. H. 12% inches.
Mark: a. W. B. HEYER, in rectangle; b. J.
GALE, in rectangle.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the Collegiate Church, New York.

34 Part III &ttterfcatt Silversmiths
WILLIAM HUERTIN. Freeman, 1731; died
1771. See page xxxv.
71. PORRINGER. Handle pierced in keyhole pat
tern. D. 5J-6 inches.
Mark : W H, in oval(?).
Inscription: t a
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
ISAAC HUTTON. Born 1767; died 1855;
worked in Albany, 1790-1810. Treasurer of the
Albany Mechanics' Society.
72. TEAPOT. Oblong with concave shoulder-
band; ball feet; four-sided curved spout; oblong
domed cover with oblong finial. H. 7I4 inches.
Mark: a. Hutton, in rectangle; b. Eagle in circle.
Inscription: W W M, interlaced (script).
Lent by Stanley M. Dexter.
73. BOWL. Reeded rim; moulded foot. D. 10
inches.
Mark: a. HUTTON, in rectangle; b. Eagle in
circle.
Inscription : a. State of New York [ By the Society
For the Promotion of Useful Arts | this
Premium is awarded to Frederick Uhl of the |
county of Dutchefs for the Best Specimen of |
Woollen Cloth of Family Manufacture
ex- | hibited the present year. 181 1 ; b. Arms of
the State of New York.
Lent by Mr. J. H. Uhl.

Part III American Silversmiths 35
JOHN HUTTON. Admitted as Freeman, New
York, 1720.
74. TANKARD. Tapering cylindrical body;
moulded base ; flat domed cover with serrated front
edge, elaborately engraved; scrolled purchase; rat-
tail on scrolled handle with oval on tip. H. 65/£
inches.
Mark: IH, in rectangle.
Inscription: a. E J, double interlaced (script) ;
*. E*F.
Lent by Luke Vincent Lockwood.

I. LEACOCK.
74. 1. BOWL. Spherical; splayed moulded foot
with ribbed band. D. 6% inches.
Mark: a. I. LEACOCK, in rectangle; b. IL, in
rectangle.
Inscription: a. DAG (script), double interlaced;
b. Presented | to | S* John's Church, Salem. |
by lane Hall.
Lent by Saint John's Church, Salem, New Jersey.
At the first settlement of the town of New Salem, there
were a number of persons who were members of the
Church of England. These in 1722 organized a church
under the name of St. John's Episcopal Church of Salem.
It was the second religious society in the town of New
Salem, the Society of Friends being organized forty-six
years earlier.

CHARLES LE ROUX. Worked in New York,
1713 to 1745. He was assistant Alderman of the East

36 Part III American Silversmiths
Ward, 1735-1738. He engraved the seal of the may
oralty, New York City, in 1735. He made the follow
ing gold boxes for the Corporation for inclosing the
seals of complimentary freedom: 1720, for Governor
William Burnett, at a cost of £19 3s.; 1723, for
Capt. Peter Solgard, £23 19s.; 1728, for Governor
John Montgomery, £20 6s. 6d.; 1732, for Governor
William Cosby, £20 us. 6d.; 1733, for the Duke of
Grafton, £14 8s.; 1743, for Governor George Clinton,
£20; silver boxes — 1728, for Capt. Covil Mayne, £1
2s. 9d. " For two silver, Guilt Boxes for the Free
doms of the Honble Major Alexander Cosby and
Thomas Freeman, Esqr.," £7 is. nyid. He also
made the box of gold for inclosing the seal of the Free
dom presented to Andrew Hamilton of Philadelphia,
1735- See pages xxxi and xxxii.
75. PORRINGER. Handle pierced in keyhole pat
tern. D. 5% inches.
Mark: C L
Inscription: P * S
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.

76. TEAPOT. Bell-shaped ; with moulded lip and
shoulder-band ; moulded splayed base ; slender octag
onal spout ending in a griffin's head ; high domed
cover; round finial; straight handle sockets; wood
handle with silver tip. H. 8 inches.
Mark: (obliterated) C.L.?
Inscription: D. B (script).
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.

Part III ametfcan Silversmiths 37
JOHN LE ROUX. Admitted as a Freeman in
New York, 1725; worked in Albany.
77. TEAPOT. Pear-shaped body ; moulded shoulder
band ; splayed moulded foot ; slender octagonal spout
ending in griffin's head; high domed cover with
moulded spherical finial; straight handle sockets.
H. 8 inches.
Mark: I. L., in oblong.
Inscription: jj pr
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.

78. MUG. Splayed foot; double scrolled handle
with leaf drop. H. 4% inches.
Mark: I L, in oval.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.

J. L. MOORE.
79. CHALICE. Cup-shaped bowl; round knop be
tween two collars; moulded foot. H. 8% inches.
Mark: J. L. Moore, in rectangle.
Inscription : Maria Banyer and her Sister Ann Jay,
to the Episcopal Church at Bedford, 18 10
(script).
Lent by Saint Matthew's Church, Bedford, New
York.
In 1807, through John Jay's instrumentality, St. Mat
thew's Church was erected. Before this date Anglican
missionaries at Rye officiated occasionally.

38 Part III &meticatt Silversmiths
JOHN MOULINAR. Admitted as Freeman,
New York, 1744; was working in 1761. See page xxxv.
80. STRAINER. Flat bo,wl, pierced in daisy pat
tern; hook and flat curved handle. D. 5j4 inches.
Mark: I.M, in rectangle.
Inscription: None.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
81. TEAPOT. Pear-shaped; richly embossed and
chased with flowers and leaves ; splayed foot ; domed
cover with flower and leaf finial; curved spout.
H. 7 inches.
Mark: I M, in rectangle.
Inscription: I H. C.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
MYER MYERS. Admitted as Freeman, New
York, 1746; active until 1790; President of New York
Silver Smiths' Society, 1776; his shop in 1755 was
" opposite the Meal Market."
82. MUG WITH COVER. Splayed foot ; scrolled
handle with shell socket; moulded cover with pine
cone finial. H. 6% inches.
Mark: Myers (script), in shaped rectangle.
Inscription: a. A L, interlaced (script) ; b. crest,
elephant's head with snake; c. Myer Myers |
Pres' N. Y. Silversmiths' Society | 1776. (script).
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
82. 1. ALMS. BASINS (3). D. 10 inches.
Mark: Myers (script), in shaped rectangle.

Part III American Silversmiths 39
Inscription: Ex Dono Peter R: Livingston.
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, New York.
JOSEPH NEWKIRKE. Worked in New
York, 1716.
83. PAP-BOAT. Smooth rim and shaped lip.
L. 5^ inches.
Mark: IN, in oval.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
GARRETT ONCLEBAGH. Married Eliza
beth van Schayck; daughter Neiltie born July 7, 1691.
Admitted as Freeman, New York, 1698. See page
xxvii.
84. BEAKERS (2). Engraved with an interlaced
band inclosing scrolls of flowers and leaves, and
three cartouches with griffins and masques inclos
ing figures of Faith, Hope, and Charity. H. 7%
inches.
Mark: q . q> 'n tre^0^-
Inscription: Deyakeny van Midwoud (script).
Lent by the Reformed Church, Flatbush, Long
Island.
Up to 1654, the Dutch on Long Island had had no min
ister or church, and were obliged to cross the East River
to attend service. The evil became so great that Joannes
Megapolensis, pastor at New Amsterdam, and a com
mittee organized a church at Midwout (Flatbush) on
February 9, 1654, with Johannes T. Polhemus, who was
born in Holland and had served his church in Brazil
until its evacuation by the Dutch, as its first pastor. It

40 Part III American Silversmiths
was he who first proposed an association of the Ameri
can ministers and churches.
The following record is from the Deacons' or Poor Book
of this Church (p. 94) :
1697 Paid for two silver cups to be
Apr. 1 7 used for the Lord's supper,
34 pieces of eight. gl 408
Further paid for the cups inas
much as they were heavier
than the pieces of eight 7-10
Further for pay for the making 94
I. o.
85. SUGAR SCISSORS. (About 1720.) Arms
in geometric forms; tips shell-shaped. L. 5 inches.
Mark: 1:0, in oval.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
A. P. Probably Abraham Pontran.
85. 1. TANKARD. Moulded lip, and base with
band of acanthus; serrated front edge of cover;
medal inset (obverse: Dux Glorios Princ Pius
Heros Invict Victor Incomparab Triumph
Felix & Germ Liberator A 1634; Rev. Gus-
tavus Adolphus Magnus Dei Gratia Suecor:
Gothar: Et Van Dalor: Rex Augustus);
spiral purchase; moulded wire hinge; beaded rat-tail
on scroll handle; cherub head on tip. H. 6%
inches.
Mark: A P, in heart.
Inscription: a.jO^; b. A Legacy Of Mr Ieremiah
Owen to the | Presbyterian Church in New York
1756 (script) ; c. Coat-of-Arms.
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, New York.

BEAKER, BY GARRETT ONCLEBAGH. LENT BY THE
REFORMED CHURCH, FLATBUSH, LONG ISLAND

Part III American Silversmiths 41
ELIAS PELLETREAU. Was a grandson of
Paul Pelletreau, a native of Arces in Xaintonge, France,
who fled to New York in 1686. Admitted as Freeman,
New York, 1750.
86. STRAINER. Round bowl, pierced daisy pat
tern; flat pear-shaped handle with hook. D. 3J/2
inches.
Mark: E P, in rectangle.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
H. J. PEPPER. Worked in Philadelphia.
87. CHALICE. Tapering cylindrical bowl with
moulded lip; moulded round knop; moulded base.
H. g% inches.
Mark: H. I. PEPPER, in rectangle.
Inscriptions : a. The Gift of | Esther Wynkoop | to
Christ Church | in Dover 1766 j Restored by |
Mary Ridgely | 1846; b. I H S (with emblems
of the Passion), 1766.
Lent by Christ Church, Dover, Delaware.
The work of the church in Dover was begun under the
auspices of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
in Foreign Parts, upon the petition of twenty-two of the
inhabitants of that town dated August 30, 1703. A min
ister was provided in 1704, the sum of JE55.17.0 having
been raised toward the payment of his salary.
The first church was founded in 1708. In 1733 subscrip
tions were raised for the erection of the present church.
88. PATEN. Moulded edge and moulded, splayed
foot. D. bl/i inches.
Mark: H. I. PEPPER, in rectangle.

42 Part III £ttiertcatt Silversmiths
Inscription: The Gift of | Esther Wynkoop | to
Christ Church | in Dover 1 766 | Restored by |
Mary Ridgely | 1846 (script).
Lent by Christ Church, Dover, Delaware.
RICHARD PITTS.
89. PORRINGER. D. sV& inches.
Mark: Pitts (script), in long oblong.
Inscription: a. f^pj ; b. Alice Whipple. 1732.
(script).
Lent by Judge A. T. Clearwater.
PETER QUINTARD. Admitted as Freeman,
New York, 17 31.
90. TANKARD. Moulded base ; flat domed cover ;
serrated front edge; double scroll purchase; hinge
drop; scroll handle. Spout added. H. 7^ inches.
Mark: P. H, in square.
Inscription: f D
Lent by Mrs. Richard E. Ely.
gi. TANKARD. Moulded and reeded base; flat
domed cover; double-scroll purchase, with serrated
front edge; rat-tail on scroll handle, which ends in
a lozenge. H. 7% inches.
Mark: P Q, in a square.
Inscription: a. jJ^q ', b. L. C.G.L, double inter
lace in a border (script); c. Arms (Dutch);
d. LSE, interlaced (script).

Part III American Silversmiths 43
Property of the Museum, gift of Mrs. Abraham
Lansing.

B. R.
92. PATEN. Moulded rim; trumpet-shaped stem;
moulded foot. H. 8J4 inches.
Mark: B R, in oval.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the Corporation of Trinity Church, New
York.
As early as 1664 when New York came into possession
of the English, stated services of the Church of Eng
land were held in the chapel of the Fort which then
stood near the site of the present Bowling Green. In
1697 the Parish of Trinity Church came into existence,
the charter being signed by Governor Fletcher. The

44 Part III #ttteticatt Silversmiths
Lord Bishop of London, who was named in the charter
as Rector, approved the choice by the parish of William
Vesey, at that time lay-reader at King's Chapel, Boston,
to be Trinity's first rector. He must first cross the seas
for Holy Orders. The church building was opened in
1698 on the site of the present church, at that time just
outside of the north gate of the city. Eight years later,
the parish received by Royal grant the tract of land
known as the Queen's Farm. This tract extended along
the North River from the present site of St. Paul's
Chapel to what is now known as Watts Street, and for
merly belonged to Anneke Jans Bogardus. " At this
period the Rector's salary was £100 per annum, while
the compensation of the sexton was a suit of clothes
for his son, and the privilege of collecting six shillings
per annum from each of the pewholders who wished
him to keep their pews clean."
" The vessels in use at Trinity Church before the arrival
of those presented by Queen Anne were evidently bor
rowed from the set belonging to the Chapel in the Fort,
known from 1693 to 1741, in which year it was de
stroyed by fire, as ' The King's Chapel.' In their ad
dress to the Bishop of London, June 17, 1709, the Vestry
say: ' Neither can we omitt reminding your Lordship how we
are still Obliged for the Loan & use of the Communion
Plate of her Maties Chappel in the Fort in New York.'
"This plate was probably the Flagon, Chalice, Paten,
and Baptismal Bason, engraved with the Royal Arms be
tween the initials WM. R. now in the possession of the
Corporation."In the Vestry Records due acknowledgment is made to
"the Queen's most excellt Majesty" that of her "prince
ly bounty she had furnished & adorned the Sacred alter
of our Church with such a magnificent Set of Plate."

P. D. R.
92. 1. BEAKER. Moulded foot. H. 6% inches.
Mark: P D R, in rectangle.

Part III American Silversmiths 45
Inscription: a. Sacrificia Dei Sunt Spiritus
Fractus, Animum Fractum Et Contritum.
O Deus Non Spernis. Psalm 51: V: 17.; b.
(Clover leaf in a heart) ; c. Claverack. Anno
Domini. | 1765.
Lent by the Reformed Church, Claverack, New
York.
The church at Claverack was established in 1716.

T. RICHARDS.
93. CUP. Barrel-shape; reeded rim; banded base.
H. 3^ inches.
Mark: T. Richards, in rectangle.
Lent by George S. Palmer.

GEORGE RIDOUT. Came from London,
England; admitted as Freeman, New York, 1745;
opened a shop " near the Ferry Stairs."
94. CANDLESTICKS (2). Moulded baluster-
shaped; moulded bases with notched corners. H.
6% inches.
Mark: G R, in square (only one marked).
Inscription: a. p s; *" Tyson crest-
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
95. ALMS BASIN. Domed depression; flat rim.
D. 13 inches.
Mark: G. R., in square.

46 Part III SUtietfcatt Silversmiths
Inscription : a. For The | Sacred Service | of | GOD
our saviour | According To | The usage
And Rites of the Church of England : | The |
Reverend Henry Barclay Rector | of Holy Trin
ity church in New York | presenter | In the
Name | Of the | Donor | E R (double inter
lace) fest. annunc. b. virg. mdccxlvh ; b. AN
offering of a free heart will I give thee, and
praise thy name o lord ; because it's so comforta
ble. Amen : c. hmc | amula seu lanx | huic
ecclesle [ confertur. ; d. Coat of arms.
Lent by the Corporation of Trinity Church, New
York.
JOEL SAYRE. Born in Southampton, L. I.,
1778; died 1818. Mentioned in New York Directory,
1798; married, 1813.
96. * CREAM PITCHER. Octagonal, boat-shaped;
turned-over lip; moulded strap handle; engraved
band near lip and base. H. 4^ inches.
Mark: I. SAYRE, in rectangle.
Inscription: S, in wreath.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
97. SUGAR BOWL. Octagonal, boat-shaped;
cover with urn-shaped finial; two moulded strap
handles; engraved band near lip and base. H. 7j4
inches; D. 8 inches.
Mark: I. SAYRE, in rectangle.
Inscription: S, in wreath.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.

BEAKER, BY JOEL SAYRE. LENT BY THE REFORMED
CHURCH, READINGTON, NEW JERSEY

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98. BEAKERS (2). Moulded lip and base. H.
5% inches.
Mark: I. Sayre (script), in shaped rectangle.
Inscription: This Presented | by Will"1 Hall For |
the Use off Redin^town | Church July 20th
1813 (script).
Lent by the Reformed Church, Readington, New
Jersey.
The Church now at Readington, N. J., was founded at
North Branch in 1719, where services were held until
1738 ; it was then removed to its present location. The
first Pastor, Rev. Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen,
served the four associated churches of Raritan, Six-mile
Run, Three-mile Run (now New Brunswick), and North
Branch (now Readington).

BARTHOLOMEW SCHAATS. Born 1670;
died 1758. Admitted as Freeman, New York, 1708;
married Christina Kermer November 28, 1706; daugh
ter Antje baptized April 27, 171 5. See page xxx.
99. WINE TASTER. Round bowl with flat bot
tom; twisted wire handle. D. 2% inches.
Mark: B S, in square.
Inscription: M. A. Bowditch (script).
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
100. MUG. Cylindrical; reeded rim and moulded
foot with leaf ornament; scroll handle. H. 3^
inches.
Mark: B. S. with fleur-de-lis below, in a heart.

48 Part III ameticatt Silversmiths
Inscription: a. „. (script) ; b. M. Tucker.
Lent by George S. Palmer.

SIMEON SOUMAINE. New York, 1719.
This is to give Notice to all Gentlemen and others, That
a Lottery is to be drawn at Mr. John Stevens in Perth
Amboy, for £501 of Silver and Gold work, wrought by
Simeon Soumain ot New York, Gold-Smith, all of the
newest Fashion. The highest Prize consists of an Eight
square Tea-Pot, six Tea-Spoons, Skimmer and Tongues,
Valued at £18 3s. 6d. The lowest Prize consists of
Twelve Shillings Value. There is 278 Prizes in all,
and their is only five Blank to each Prize. Tickets are
given out at Six Shillings York money, or Seven
Shillings Jersey Money for each Ticket at the House of
Mr. John Stevens in Amboy, at Mr. Lewis Carrees in Al
iens Town, at Mr. Jolines, in Elizabeth Town, at Mr.
Cortlandts at Second River, by Mr. Andrew Bradford
in Philadelphia, at Mr. Samuel Clowse in Jamaica in
Long Island, and by Simeon Soumain in the City of New
York, at which last Place, the Goods so to be drawn are
to be seen, and the said Goods are to be valued and ap
prised by Mr. Peter Van Dyke, and Mr. Charles Leroux,
two GoldSmiths in the city of New York. And said
Lottery is to be drawn the 22nd day of May next, anno.
1727. If said Lottery be full sooner, it will be drawn
before the 22nd of May next.
American Weekly Mercury, March 23, 1727.
101. BAPTISMAL BASIN. Flat domed depres
sion; flat rim. D. 8 34 inches.
Mark: SS, in square.
Inscription: The Gift of Mr Iohn March, To S'
George's Church, in Hempsted, 1735. (script).
Lent by Saint George's Church, Hempstead, Long
Island.

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Saint George's Church owes its establishment to the So
ciety for the Propagation of the Gospel. It was incor
porated in 1735. The following quotations from the
Proceedings of the Society give a glimpse of the source
of its silver:
At a monthly meeting of the Society, in 1 706,
the Lord Bishop of London, reported that Her Majesty,
of her princely grace and favor, had been pleased
(through his lordship's hands) to allow five large
Bibles, Common Prayer Books, and Books of Homilies,
as also pulpit cloths, Communion table-cloths, sil
ver chalices and patens, for each of the five churches
in the government of New York, viz., Hempstead and
Jamaica in Long Island, West Chester, Rye, and Staten
Island.

102. BOWL. Divided into six panels by repousse
ornament; two scrolled handles ending in terms;
moulded base. D. g%. inches.
Mark: SS, in square.
T • ¦ 1?
Inscription: pi q
Lent by Mrs. Robert Remsen.
103. TEAPOT. Pear-shaped; octagonal spout end
ing in griffin head; moulded dome cover; wooden
handle and finial. H. 6^5 inches.
Mark: SS, in circle.
Inscription : Eupham Scot Johnstone | 1685. Re
cent mark.
Lent by Judge Charles W. Parker.
104. BOWL WITH SAUCER COVER. Bowl,
H. 2^6 inches; Cover, H. 1^ inches.
Mark: SS, in square.

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Inscription: a. On each, E C, double interlace, in
circle (script) ; b. E*C, on bowl.
Lent by Luke Vincent Lockwood.

105. STANDING CUPS (2). Cylindrical, round
ed bottom; short, thick stem; moulded foot. H. 6
inches.
Mark: SS, in square.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, Southold,
Long Island.
Southold was settled in September, 1640, by a party of
thirteen under the leadership of the Rev. John Youngs,
who crossed from New Haven. The formation of the
church was coincident with the settlement of the town.
Very strict was the government in this primitive com
munity; the laws of the Bible were followed as a civil
code and communion with the church was made a neces
sary qualification for admission to the privileges of a
Freeman.

I. T. Probably J. Ten Eyck. Worked in Albany
during the early part of the eighteenth century.
106. TANKARD. Reeded rim and base; domed
cover with flat top ; serrated front edge ; spiral pur
chase; scrolled handle with rat-tail and oval on tip.
H. 7 inches.
Mark: I T, in oval.
Inscription: p~Q, on handle.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.

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JOHN & PETER TARGEE. Mentioned in
the New York Directory, 1798.
107. SUGAR BOWL. Boat-shaped; domed cover
with urn-shaped finial; strap handles. H. 6j4
inches; D. 8}4 inches.
Mark : a. I & P T, in rectangle ; b. Leopard's head ;
c. (illegible).
Inscription: S V N, interlaced (script).
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.

KOENRAET TEN EYCK. Admitted as Free
man, New York, 1716. Worked in Albany during
the latter part of the seventeenth century and the early
part of the eighteenth; in 1704 appointed Official Ad
juster of Scales and Measures; elected to various minor
civil offices.
108. MUG. Rim, mid-band, and base reeded and
with applied zig-zag wire; curved handle with
beaded rat-tail. H. 3>4 inches; D. zVk inches.
Mark: K TE, in rectangle.
Inscription: None.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
UNKNOWN MAKERS.
109. BOWL. Spherical bowl, with beaded and
moulded lip; short flaring stem with beaded edge
on a square base, which has been added. H. 5
inches; D. 6^2 inches. Sheffield Plate.
Mark: None.

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Inscription: Presented by Mrs. Daniel Harris to
the | Presbyterian Church of Frankfort, Ky.
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, Frankfort,
Kentucky.
no. ALMS BASINS (2). Deep depression, slight
ly domed; reeded rim. D. 9% inches.
Mark: None.
Inscription: St. Anns Church Brooklyn, 1798.
Lent by Saint Ann's Church, Brooklyn.
Nothing is known of any Episcopalian church in Brook
lyn until 1784, when the Rev. George Wright com
menced the Episcopal service in the house known as 40
Fulton Street. In 1787 the Episcopal Church of Brook
lyn was incorporated.
111. TANKARD. Tapering cylindrical body with
moulded lip and base; moulded flat cover with ser
rated front edge; double scroll purchase and hinge
drop; scrolled handle, cartouche tip. H. 7]/%
inches.
Mark: None.
Inscription: a. HC; b. Modern.
Lent by Mrs. William Rhinelander.
112. CHALICE WITH PATEN-COVER. Cup-
shaped bowl ; round knop ; moulded base. Paten
with reeded rims. Chalice, H. 6% inches; Paten,
D. 5% inches.
Mark: None.
Inscription: Christ Church | Shrews
bury.
Lent by Christ Church, Shrewsbury, New Jersey.

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The history of this parish goes back more than two hun
dred years. The first church was either built or adapted
from a dwelling house between 1703 and 1705. In 1708
Queen Anne presented the Communion service still in
use, the offertory plates bearing the Tudor rose. The
present church, built in 1769, still bears on its wooden
steeple the English crown which the patriots so often
tried to shoot off during the Revolution.

113. BOWL WITH COVER. Hemi-spherical
bowl; trumpet foot; domed bezel cover with wire
knop. H. 5^4 inches.
Mark: None.
Inscription: None.
Lent by Mrs. Eldridge Palmer.
114. ALMS BASINS (2). Domed depression;
flaring reeded rim. D. 9^ inches.
Mark: None.
Inscription: John Wells Esq1 of the City of New
York to S* James Church New Town L. Island
1822 (script).
Lent by Saint James' Church, Newtown, Long
Island.
In 1642 the Rev. Francis Doughty and his associates
colonized Newtown, calling it Mespat. The Rev. Wil
liam Urquehart began officiating in Newtown in 1740,
and laid the foundations of St. James' Church, to which
a Royal Charter was granted by George III in 1761.
115. CUP, STANDING. Ovoid bowl with beaded
edge; plain stem; moulded foot. H. 6% inches.
Mark: None.

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Inscription: S* James's Church | of New Town |
22nd March 1791 (script), in a scroll.
Lent by Saint James' Church, Newtown, Long
Island.
116. PATEN. Flat with slightly flaring edge scal
loped and pierced. D. 6% inches.
Mark: None.
Inscription: St James's Church | of New Town |
22nd March 1791 (script), in a scroll.
Lent by Saint James' Church, Newtown, Long
Island.
116. 1. BEAKER. Border of interlaced bands in
closing scrolls of flowers, fruit, and leaves, with
three depending groups of branches of flowers and
leaves. H. 6% inches.
Marks: None.
Inscription: Fredryck flypfse (script).
Lent by the First Reformed Church, Tarrytown,
New York.*
116. 2. ALMS BASIN. D. 8^g inches.
Marks: None.
Inscription: Of thine own have we given thee | 1
Chro. xxix, 14.
Lent by the Caroline Church, Setauket, Long
Island.
116. 3. PATEN. Reeded and moulded lip. D.
6% inches.
* From the resemblance of the engraving, this piece was
probably made by Jacob Boelen.

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Marks: None.
Inscription : Who his own self bare our sins in his |
own body on the tree | that we being dead | to
sins should live unto righteousnefs | i Pet., 11.24.
Lent by the Caroline Church, Setauket, Long
Island.
116. 4. STANDING CUP. Cylindrical bowl,
reeded lip, splayed moulded foot. H. 7j£ inches.
Marks: None.
Inscription: Unto him that loved us, and washed us
from our | sins in his own blood, — be glory &
dominion | for ever & ever. Amen. | Rev.
1. 5. 6.
Lent by the Caroline Church, Setauket, Long
Island.
V-I 117. BEAKERS (2). Flaring cylindrical body
with moulded base; engraved with a band of inter
lacing strap-work inclosing scrolls of flowers and
leaves, three depending groups of branches of leaves
and flowers, and below figures of Faith, Hope, and
Charity. H. 7^/2 inches.
Mark: V-I, in rectangle.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the Collegiate Church, New York.
N. VR.
118. BEAKERS (2). Flaring body on splayed and
moulded foot. H. 7% inches.

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Mark: N-VR, in oval.
Inscription: a. Spreek Dat Waar is Eet
Dat Gaar is En Drink Dat Klaar
is; b. Boswyck-Nov" 1763.
Lent by the Reformed Church, Flatbush, Long
Island.

JACOBUS VAN DER SPIEGEL. Was
working from 1685—1705. Admitted as Freeman,
New York, 1702; married Ann Sanders; daughter
Sara baptized February 7, 1694. Died about 1708.
See page xxiv.
119. BAPTISMAL BASIN. Spherical bowl;
flaring rim covered with inscription, as below.
Moulded edge. D. 10^ inches.
Mark: pry, in a trefoil (clover-leaf).
Inscription: Op't bloote Waterftelt geen Hoop'.
t Was beter noyt geboren ; Maer ziet Jets meer-
derinde doop, Zogaetmen noyt Verloren Hoe
Chriftus door syn dlerbaer Bloedt my reynigt
van myn Sonden, endoor fyn geeft my leeuendoet,
en waftmyn nuyle wonden.
(Translation: On the mere water (or external
ordinance) hope of freedom from condemnation
cannot rest. But on carefully considering the
nature and uses of Baptism, Faith apprehends
that Christ, by His precious blood, cleanses us
from the guilt and malady of sin, and causes us
to live unto God by His Spirit.)
Lent by the South Reformed Church, New York.

BEAKER, BY N. VR. LENT BY THE REFORMED
CHURCH, FLATBUSH, LONG ISLAND

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This basin was made during the ministry of Henricus
Selyns, one of the most eminent of the divines who came
out from Holland to the early church. It was he and
his consistory who applied for a charter, which when
granted, May n, 1696, was the first church charter issued
in the colony. It was not secured, however, but by a
considerable service of plate presented to the Governor.
The inscription, which is in Low Dutch, was probably
written by the Dominie.
120. TANKARD. Moulded rim ; reeded base cord
ed and surmounted by band of strawberry leaves;
domed cover with flat top; serrated front edge;
spiral purchase ; scrolled handle with engraved
drop; male head on tip. H. 7 inches.
Mark: j^y, in trefoil (clover-leaf).
Inscription: G D, on handle.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
JOHANNES VAN DER SPIEGEL. Born,
1666; died, 17 16; brother of Jacobus; married Maria
Leursen. See page xxv.
121. TEASPOONS (2). Ladle-topped handles.
L. 4^4 inches.
Mark: I V S, in serrated rectangle.
Inscription: LDP.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
N. V.
122. SHOE BUCKLES (3). a. L. 2 inches; b. L.
1% inches.
Mark: N V, in rectangle.

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Inscription: NFBA (on largest).
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
PETER VAN DYCK. Genealogy, 1684-1750.
Franz Claesen Van Dyck, resident of New Amsterdam
in 1655 (married Emmetze Dirks); their son Dirk
Franzen (born in Amsterdam) married Urseltje Schep-
moes April 25, 1674; son Peter baptized Aug. 17,
1684, married first Rachel LeRoux, second Cornelia
Van Varick; son Dirk (Richard) baptized Dec. 4,
1717; married Elizabeth Strang of Rye. See page
xxviii. 123. MUGS (2). Cylindrical tapering body;
moulded base; curved handle with beaded rat-tail
and oval on tip (one missing). H. 6% inches
and 5% inches.
Mark: P-V-D, in oval.
Inscription: a. Sought Hamptown Church (script) ;
b. For the Church of Sought hamtun 6 Decemb1
1739 (script).
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, Southamp
ton, Long Island.
124. TANKARD. Tapering cylindrical body;
moulded lip and base; flat, moulded, engraved
cover, serrated edge; double scrolled purchase; rat-
tail on scrolled handle, repousse tip. Nose added.
H. 7 inches.
Mark: P V D, in oval.
Inscription : S D to A D
Lent by Mrs. Elihu Chauncey.

BAPTISMAL BASIN, BY JACOBUS VAN DER SPIEGEL.
LENT BY THE SOUTH REFORMED CHURCH, NEW
YORK

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125. TANKARD. Moulded base; domed cover
with flat top and serrated front edge; double spiral
purchase ; scrolled handle with rat-tail ; cherub head
on whistle end. H. 7% inches.
Mark: P. V. D, in rectangle.
Inscription: p it-
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
126. TANKARD. Reeded, meander wire rim;
reeded meander wire and acanthus foliage base;
richly repousse cover; serrated, engraved edge,
double-scroll purchase; moulded meander wire
hinge; moulded mask with garlands and swag on
scrolled-handle ; cherub's head on tip. H. 7^
inches.
Mark: p j), in trefoil.
Inscription: a. jj^w' *• Wendell coat-of-arms.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.

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127. CUPS WITH TWO HANDLES (2).
Moulded base; scrolled handles with rat-tails. H.
4^/2 inches.
Mark: P. V. D. in oval.
Inscription: None.
Lent by Presbyterian Church, Setauketj Long
Island.
The first settlements at Setauket were about 1650-53,
though many had taken up land before that. One of
the first clergymen to minister to the people was the
Rev. Nathaniel Brewster, one of the first graduates of
Harvard College and related to the celebrated Elder
Brewster. In the Brookhaven (Setauket) Records, Vol. I,
1669, is the following extract:
" At a meeting of the Town Board it is agreed that *
Meeting House be built."
Both the Church and the Dissenters met in this church
or Town House. In 1714 a new meeting house was
built for the Presbyterians alone. Not until 1811 was an
Act of Incorporation for Caroline Church drawn up, as
it was earlier a mission charge of the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel. " The original name of the
parish and church was Christ Church, but was changed
to Caroline in questionable compliment to the donor —
Queen Caroline — of the silver communion silver." (Not
the silver here exhibited.)
RICHARD VAN DYCK. Son of Peter Van
Dyck. Had a store in Hanover Square, New York,
in 1750. See page xxx.
128. BOWL. Sides flat-chased with flowers, leaves,
and medallions (18th century pattern); splayed
foot. H. 3j^ inches; D. 7)4 inches.
Mark: R V D, in rectangle.
Inscription: GxP.
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.

MUGS, BY PETER VAN DYCK. LENT BY THE FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, SOUTHAMPTON, LONG
ISLAND

CUP WITH TWO HANDLES, BY PETER VAN DYCK.
LENT BY THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, SE
TAUKET, LONG ISLAND

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DANIEL VAN VOORHIS. New York, 1787.
129. ALMS BASIN. Slightly domed bowl; flaring
moulded rim. D. 7% inches.
Mark: a. D.V.V, in rectangle; b. Eagle, in dia
mond.
Inscription: Presented to the Episcopal Church of
the Town of Yonkers. 1795. (script).
Lent by Saint John's Church, Yonkers, New York.
On September 21, r693, by an Act of the Assembly the
County of Westchester was divided into the two parishes
of Westchester and Rye. The parish of Westchester in
cluded the towns of Westchester, Eastchester, Yonkers,
and the Manor of Pelham, all the towns being taxed for
the support of a minister. No church was built in Yon
kers until 1753. The first settled minister in charge of
the church at Philipsburgh, as St. John's was then called,
was the Rev. Harry Munro, a missionary sent by the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel at the request
of Frederick Phillipse, the third Lord of the Manor of
Philipsburgh. Mr. Munro preached his first sermon at
the church on Whitsunday, 1765.
The chalice was the gift of Miss S. Williams, a sister
of the wife of Frederick Phillipse. It was probably used
for the first time on Christmas Day, 1765.

130. STANDING CUP. Ovoid bowl with in
cised lines on lip and moulded base. H. 6% inches.
Mark : a. D V, in rectangle ; b. Eagle, in diamond.
Inscription: The Gift of Mifs S. Williams to
the Episcopal Church at Phillipsburgh.
Lent by Saint John's Church, Yonkers, New York.
130. 1. TANKARD. Moulded lip and base with
beading ; serrated front edge of cover ; scrolled pur-

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chase; moulded hinge; scrolled handle with oval
tip. H. 7*4 inches.
Mark: D.V.V., in rectangle.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, New York.
P. W.
131. SAUCE BOAT. Wide repousse band on
rim; three hoofed feet ending in shells; scroll pur
chase; serpent handle. H. 3^ inches.
Mark: P W, in oval.
Inscription: Crest, boar's head.
Lent by Luke Vincent Lockwood.
JOHN WENDOVER. Worked in New York,
1694-1727. See page xxii.
132. CREAM JUG. Pear-shaped body; serrated
lip; tumbler bottom; three cabriole legs with shell
feet and knees; double-scrolled handle with acan
thus drop. H. 4 inches.
Mark: J. W, in cartouche.
Inscription: a. I A; b. R S C, interlaced (script).
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
HUGH WISHART. Mentioned in the New
York Directory, 1789-1816.
133. CUP. H. T.y-2 inches.
Mark: 1. H. WISHART, in rectangle; 2. Spread
eagle, in oval.

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Inscription: CC, interlaced (script).
Lent by Luke Vincent Lockwood.
134. PORRINGER. Handle pierced in geometric
pattern. D. 5^ inches.
Mark: H. WISHART, in rectangle.
Inscription: M E M F, interlaced (script).
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
135. FLAGON. Bulbous body ; moulded and reeded
base; reeded rim; domed cover; flat wire purchase
and flat hinge; four-sided curved handle. H. 10
inches.
Mark: WISHART, in rectangle.
Inscription: St. Ann's Church | Brooklyn | The
Gift of Ann Sands | 1805.
Lent by Saint Ann's Church, Brooklyn, New York.
136. PATEN. Reeded rim; trumpet-shaped mould
ed foot. H. 4$4 inches.
Mark: H. WISHART, in rectangle.
Inscription: S* Anns Church, Brooklyn, 1816.
Lent by Saint Ann's Church, Brooklyn, New York.
136. 1-2. BEAKERS (2). H. 6 inches.
Mark: a. H. WISHART, in rectangle; b. Imita
tion English Hall Marks.
Inscription: The Gift of David Gelston | to the
first Presbyterian Church | in the City of New
York | 1 81 2. (script).
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, New York.

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136. 3-4. FLAGONS (2). Moulded base; mid-
band ; domed cover ; scroll purchase ; moulded hinge
with drop; scrolled handle; heart-shaped tip. H.
13% inches.
Mark: a. H. WISHART, in rectangle; b. eagle,
in oval; c. Imitation English Hall Marks.
Inscription: (On one) The Gift of William Edgar
[ to the first Presbyterian Church | in the City
of New York | 1812. (On the other) The Gift
of Danl M?Cormick | to the first Presbyterian
Church in the City of New York | 181 2.
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, New York.

136. 5-6. ALMS BASINS (2). D. 1^/4 inches.
Mark: a. H. WISHART, in rectangle; b. eagle,
in oval; c. Imitation English Hall Marks.
Inscription: (On one) The Gift of Robert Lenox
to the first Presbyterian Church in the City of
New York 1812. (Script). (On the other) The
Gift of Brockholst Livingston to the first Pres
byterian Church in the City of New York,
1812. (Script).
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, New York.

136. 7-8. ALMS BASINS (2). D. io}4 inches.
Mark: a. H. WISHART, in rectangle; b. eagle,
in oval; c. Imitation English Hall Marks.
Inscription: (One) The Gift of Samuel Campbell
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New York 18 12. (Script). (On the other)
The Gift of Daniel McCormick to the first
Presbyterian Church in the City of New York
1812 (script).
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, New York.

FREEMAN WOODS. Goldsmith at 11 Smith
Street, New York, 1790—1793.
137. TEAPOT. Oval ; beaded around top and bot
tom; slightly domed lid with urn-shaped finial;
straight spout and handle sockets. H. 6j4 inches;
D. 6*4 inches.
Mark: Woods (script), in shaped oval.
Inscription: S W, interlaced (script).
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.
138. TEAPOT. Oval; beaded around top and
bottom, and engraved with garlands and flowers;
slightly domed lid with urn-shaped finial; straight
spout and handle sockets. H. 6% inches; D. 6%
inches.
Mark: Woods (script), in shaped oval.
Inscription: L T, interlaced (script).
Lent by R. T. Haines Halsey.

BENJAMIN WYNKOOP. The son of Cor
nelius Wynkoop of Kingston; baptized April 18, 1675;
married in New York, October 21, 1697, Femmetje

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Van der Heul; lived in the South Ward, New York.
In 1741 his slave London, a Spanish Indian, was in
dicted with others for conspiring to burn the City.
Benjamin Wynkoop served as collector and assessor at
various times from 1703—1732. His son Cornelius,
also a silversmith, born 1701, married, May 9, 1724,
Elizabeth Van der Spiegel, daughter of Jacobus Van
der Spiegel, the silversmith. Admitted as Freeman,
New York, 1698; worked from then until 1740.
139. BEAKER. Flaring cylindrical body with
moulded base ; engraved with a band of interlacing
strap-work inclosing scrolls of flowers and leaves,
which depend in three groups surrounding car
touches inclosing figures of Faith, Hope, and
Charity, and below trees. H. 7*4 inches.
Mark: ^g^' in a neart-
Inscription: Een teken van lief den en waarhydt |
Tot de Kercke van kinftoun | Ano 1711 | 21
november
Lent by the First Reformed Church, Kingston,
New York.
This beaker was copied by Wynkoop from the earlier
one made by I B.

140. TANKARD. Reeded rim; reeded base with
chain moulding and acanthus foliage above; flat,
domed cover with serrated and engraved front edge ;
scroll purchase and moulded hinge; scroll handle
with amoretto head on tip. H. 7 inches.
Mark: Wjg*N in a heart.

BEAKER, BY BENJAMIN WYNKOOP. LENT BY THE
FIRST REFORMED CHURCH, KINGSTON, NEW YORK

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Inscription: a. W V A, interlaced (script), in a
richly engraved scroll border; b. W" A' c' Dutch
coat-of-arms, richly engraved.
Lent by Foster Pruyn.

ENGRAVING BY BENJAMIN WYNKOOP

CHALICE WITH PATEN-COVER, DATED l6l2.
LENT BY SAINT PETER'S CHURCH, PERTH
AMBOY, NEW JERSEY

PART IV
The work of
Cnglis!) g>tltoersmttl)$;

FRANCOIS BUTTY & NICHOLAS
DUMEE.
141. URN. Ovoid body with gadrooned rim; round
stem with beaded band ; square foot with gadrooned
band and pierced rail, supported on four ball and
claw feet ; bell-shaped cover with flame in cup finial.
H. 19 inches.
Mark : a. Lion passant ; b. Leopard's head crowned ;
F-B
c. Maker's mark Zr.y.7 d. Black letter K. Lon
don, 1765.
Inscription: a. Crest; b. Coat of arms; c. the
GIFT OF THE CITIZENS | OF | HBtiStOl | T0 |
fymty Cruger, d&tfq. I for services per
formed IN PROMOTING | THE REPEAL OF
THE STAMP ACT | ANNO DOM 1766. | MEM
BER OF PARLIAMENT | REIGN GEORGE
111; d. H-HC.
Lent by Mrs. T. J. Oakley Rhinelander.
69

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I. C.
142. PATEN. Flat domed depression; flat reeded
rim. D. 10^ inches.
Mark: a. Lion passant; b. Leopard's head
crowned; c. Old English capital L (London,
1766) ; d. Maker's mark IC, monogram in
shaped shield.
t • • B
Inscription: a*E pricked, in a pricked cartouche.
Lent by Saint George's Church, Hempstead, Long
Island.

JOHN EASTT. Entered at Goldsmiths' Hall in
1703.143. CHALICE WITH PATEN-COVER. Tall
cup-shaped bowl; round knop; moulded base. H.
9^4 inches. The paten-cover has moulded rim and
splayed foot. D. 5)4 inches.
Mark: a. Lion's head erased; b. Britannia; c.
Court hand N (London, 1708) ; d. Maker's
mark E A, fleur-de-lis below, in a shaped shield.
Inscription: Annae Reginae (script).
Lent by Christ Church, Rye, New York.
In 1695, pursuant to the Ministry Act of 1695, which pro
vided for a clergyman of the Church of England " to
have the care of Rye, Mamaroneck, and Bedford, com
prising the precinct or parish of Rye," occurred the first
election of vestrymen and wardens of this parish. In
1704 a missionary of the Society for the Propagation of
the Gospel, Rev. Thomas Pritchard, was inducted as the
first rector at Rye by Governor Cornbury, who asserted
under the act of 1693 the right to induct rectors.

CHALICE WITH PATEN-COVER, BY JOHN
EASTT. LENT BY SAINT GEORGE'S
CHURCH, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAND

Part IF Cmjlfgl) Silversmiths 71
144. CHALICE AND PATEN-COVER. Tall,
cup-shaped bowl; round knop; flat reeded foot.
The paten has moulded rim and foot. H. of
chalice gj^ inches; D. of paten 5J4 inches.
Mark: (on both) a. Lion's head erased; b. Bri
tannia; c. Court hand N (1708); d. Maker's
mark E A, fleur-de-lis below, in a shaped shield.
Inscription: Annae Reginae.
Lent by Saint George's Church, Hempstead, Long
Island.

THOMAS FARREN. Entered at Goldsmiths'
Hall in 1746.
145. ALMS BASIN. Flat domed bowl; curved
moulded rim. D. gj4 inches.
Mark: a. Lion crowned; b. O in shaped shield;
c. Lion passant; d. T F.
Inscription: For the Use of James City Parish
Church (script).
Lent by Christ Church, Bruton Parish, Williams
burg, Virginia.
MORDECAI FOX. Entered at Goldsmiths'
Hall in 1746.
146. ALMS BASIN. Domed depression; moulded
edge. D. 13 inches.
Mark: a. Leopard's head, crowned; b. Lion pas
sant; c. Black letter capital G (London, 1760) ;
d. M F (script).

72 Part IF Cnglijfy Silversmiths
Inscription : English Royal arms between the cipher
of George III.
Lent by the Corporation of Trinity Church, New
York.

147. PATEN. Moulded rim; moulded foot. D.
6% inches.
Mark: a. Leopard's head, crowned; b. Lion pas
sant; c. Black letter capital G (London, 1760) ;
d. Maker's mark, M F (script).
Inscription : English Royal arms with the cipher of
George III.
Lent by the Corporation of Trinity Church, New
York.

FRANCIS GARTHORNE. Entered at Gold
smiths' Hall in 1697.
148. FLAGONS (2). Cylindrical body; flaring,
moulded base below band; moulded cover; scroll
purchase; hinge drop; curved handle with scroll
tip. H. I2j4 inches.
Mark: a. Lion's head, crowned; b. Britannia; c.
Court hand O (London, 1709) ; d. Maker's

SILVER PRESENTED BY WILLIAM AND MARY. LENT BY THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY
CHURCH, NEW YORK

Part IF Cngligt) Silversmiths 73
mark, G A (the A within), pellet below within
a shield.
Inscription: English Royal arms with the cipher of
Queen Anne.

Lent by the Corporation of Trinity Church, New
York.
149. ALMS BASIN. Flat domed bowl; moulded
rim. D. 13 inches.
Mark: a. Lion's head erased; b. Britannia; c. Court
hand O (London, 1709) ; d. G A, the A within
the G.
Inscription : English Royal arms between the cipher
of Queen Anne.
Lent by the Corporation of Trinity Church, New
York.
150. FLAGON. Tapering cylindrical body ; flaring
moulded base below band ; moulded cover ; flat pur
chase; moulded hinge; scrolled handle with shield
tip. H. 12 inches.
Mark : a. Lion passant ; b. Leopard's head, crowned ;
c. Small black letter r (London, 1694) ; d.

74 Part IF dftlglfgty Silversmiths
Maker's mark, F G, pellet below in a shaped
shield.
Inscription: English Royal arms, with cipher of
William and Mary.
Lent by the Corporation of Trinity Church, New
York.

151. PATENS (2). Flat domed depression;
moulded rim; moulded foot. D. 6-Hs inches.
Mark: G A (the A within), in a square
Inscription: English Royal arms, with A R.
Lent by the Corporation of Trinity Church, New
York.

152. PATEN. Flat domed depression; moulded
rim; long stem; moulded foot. D. 9^ inches.
Mark: a. Lion passant; b. Leopard's head, crowned;
c. Small black letter r (London, 1694); d.
Maker's mark, F G, a pellet below, in a shaped
shield.

SILVER PRESENTED BY GEORGE III. LENT BY THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY CHURCH,
NEW YORK

Part IF (EngliSfl) Silversmiths 75
Inscription: English Royal arms, with cipher of
William and Mary.
Lent by the Corporation of Trinity Church, New
York.
153. CHALICE. Cup-shaped bowl; round knop;
moulded foot. H. 8 inches.
Mark : a. Lion passant ; b. Leopard's head, crowned ;
c. Small black letter r (London, 1694) > d.
Maker's mark, F G, pellet below, in a shaped
shield.
Inscription: English Royal arms, with the cipher
of William and Mary.
Lent by the Corporation of Trinity Church, New
York.
154. CHALICES (2). Cup-shaped bowls; round
knops; moulded feet. H. 10*4 inches.
Mark: G A, the small capital A within the G,
pellet below, in a shaped shield.
Inscription: English Royal arms, with the cipher
of Queen Anne.
Lent by the Corporation of Trinity Church, New
York.
WILLIAM GIBSON. Entered at Goldsmiths'
Hall in 1697.
155. CHALICE AND PATEN-COVER. Tall
cup-shaped bowl; round knop; moulded base. H.
fYi inches. The paten cover has reeded bands on
rim and on foot. D. 5 inches.

76 Part IF (fttgligt) Silversmiths
Mark: a. Lion's head erased; b. Britannia; c.
Court hand K (London, 1705); d. Gi, dotted
punch.
Inscription: Annas | Reginae (script).
Lent by Saint Mary's Church, Burlington, New
Jersey.
George Keith and John Talbot, Missionaries of the So
ciety for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts,
held their first Service in Burlington, on Sunday, No
vember x, 1702.
Talbot, on his return in 1708 from a visit to England,
brought a chalice and paten presented by Queen Anne.
As the record puts it, he " acquainted us that he had
presented an humble address to Her Majesty, and the
other letters that we sent; and that Her Majesty had
been graciously pleased to give us ... a Silver Chalice
and Salver for the Communion Table."
RICHARD GURNEY & COMPANY. En
tered at Goldsmiths' Hall in 1739.
156. PATEN. Moulded rim and splayed foot, sil
ver gilt. D. 5 J4 inches.
Mark : a. Lion passant ; b. Leopard's head, crowned ;
c. Small Roman p (London, 1751) ; d. Maker's
mark, R-AG.
Inscription : Coat-of-arms.
Lent by Christ Church, Bruton Parish, Williams
burg, Virginia.
PETER HARACHE. Emigrated from France
after revocation of Edict of Nantes; died in 1700.
157. CUP WITH TWO HANDLES AND
COVER. Moulded edge and splayed foot; cut

SILVER PRESENTED BY QUEEN ANNE. LENT BY THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY CHURCH,
NEW YORK

Part IF €nglt)S^ Silversmiths yj
" card-work " around base, and scutcheons at bot
tom of scrolled cast handles; flat cover with bead
ing on edge and cut card-work in leaf-whorle
around knob (which is missing) ; silver gilt. H.
4^4 inches.
Mark: a. Lion passant; b. Leopard's head,
crowned; c. Black letter small i (London,
1686) ; d. Maker's mark, P.H, crown and two
ermine spots above, crescent below, shaped
scutcheon.
Inscription: Coat-of-arms. *
Lent by Christ Church, Bruton Parish, Williams
burg, Virginia.
The vessels (see also No. 156) fell into the custody of
the Church in 1812, when Rev. John Bracken was Presi
dent of the College of William ' and Mary and also
Minister of Bruton Church.
President Tyler writes, April 24, 1897 : " I have a let
ter of Samuel Athaires'i from London to the President
and Masters of the College (William and Mary) under
date 29th. July, 1775, in which it is stated that he has
in his custody ' the gilt sacramental vessels Cup and
Paten and Bible which was left by Lady Gooch to the
College of William and Mary, and which when the
times would permit he would send addressed to the
Bursar of that Seminary.'
Now Lady Gooch was Rebecca, daughter of William
Stanton, Esq. The arms are Those of Stanton impaling
Gavell ? "

THOMAS HEMING. Entered at Goldsmiths'
Hall in 1745.
158. FLAGONS (2). Tapering cylindrical body;
flaring, moulded base below band; moulded domed

78 Part IF €tt%U&) Silversmiths
cover; scrolled wire purchase; hinge drop; curved
handle with scroll tip. H. 12 inches.
Mark : a. Lion passant ; b. Leopard's head, crowned ;
c. Black letter capital L (London, 1766) ; d.
Maker's mark, T H (script), crowned.
Inscription : English Royal arms, with the cipher of
George III.
Lent by the Corporation of Trinity Church, New
York.

159. ALMS BASIN. Domed bowl; moulded rim.
D. 13 inches.
Mark: a. Leopard's head, crowned; b. Lion pas
sant; c. Black letter capital L (London, 1766) ;
d. T.H. (script), crowned.
Inscription: English Royal arms, with the cipher
of George III.
Lent by the Corporation of Trinity Church, New
York.

160. CHALICE. Cup-shaped bowl; baluster stem
with knop; moulded foot. H. 9% inches.
Mark: a. Leopard's head, crowned; b. Lion pas
sant; c. Black letter capital J (London, 1764) ;
d. T H (script), crowned.
Inscription: English Royal arms, with the cipher
of George III.
Lent by the Corporation of Trinity Church, New
York.

CUP, BY PETER HARACHE: PATEN, BY RICHARD
GURNEY & COMPANY. LENT BY BRUTON PAR
ISH CHURCH, WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA

CHALICE WITH PATEN-COVER AND PATEN,
BY I. S. LENT BY SAINT PETER'S
CHURCH, PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY

Part IF dfttgltgl) Silversmiths 79
ANTHONY NELME. Entered at Goldsmiths'
Hall in 1697; died in 1722.
161. PATEN. Moulded edge; incised foot. D.
4j4 inches.
Mark: ANe, in a cartouche.
Inscription: The Gift of Mrs Catherine Bovey of
fflaxley in Gloucestershere to S* Marys Church
at Burlington in new Iersey in America.
Lent by Saint Mary's Church, Burlington, New
Jersey.
I. S.
162. CHALICE WITH PATEN-COVER AND
PATEN. Chalice: Bulbous bowl; the stem with
out knop; band at base of bowl and on the flaring
moulded foot. H. 4 inches. Paten-cover: Moulded
reeded rim; flat reeded foot. D. 2^5 inches.
Paten: D. 3% inches.
Mark (on both): a. Lion passant; b. Leopard's
head, crowned; c. Roman capital F. (London,
1721) ; d. Maker's mark, I S, with mitre (?),
in a shaped shield.
Inscriptions (on chalice) : a. (Christ on the Cross,
with ministering angel) ; b. Hie est | Calix
Sanguinis | mei Novi, et Eterni | Testamenti,
Mysterium | Fidei, Qui pro Vobis, | et pro Multis
Effundetur, | In Remifsionem | Peccatorum |
(script), in an olive wreath; c. Sanguis Meus
est Vere Potus (script).
Lent by Saint Peter's Church, Perth Amboy, New
Jersey.

80 Part IF CEngltgl) Silversmiths
UNKNOWN MAKERS.
163. CHALICE WITH PATEN-COVER. Beak
er shaped bowl, with reeded midband, reeded base;
circular knop with moulded bands; moulded foot
with ovolo border. The paten, which fits over the
chalice, and the lip of chalice have each a band of
engraved scroll-work. H. 8% inches.
Mark: a. Lion passant; b. Leopard's head,
crowned; c. Lombardic capital O, with external
cusps (London, 1611-12); d. Maker's mark,
a Catherine wheel, crowned (?) in a shaped
scutcheon.
Inscription: (On paten) 1612 E H
Lent by Saint Peter's Church, Perth Amboy, New
Jersey- iClt EH
The parish of St. Peter's in Perth Amboy was organized
in 1685, though no church edifice was erected until 1719,
during which period divine services were held in a
building given for the purpose by the Board of Lords
Proprietors. A Royal Charter, dated July 30, I7r8, was
granted to the parish, according to the Parish Register.
164. BAPTISMAL BASIN. Deep rounded bowl;
flaring moulded rim. D. 13 inches.
Mark: a. Lion passant; b. Black letter g (London,
1684).
Inscription: English Royal arms, with the cipher of
William and Mary.
Lent by the Corporation of Trinity Church, New
York.
165. CHALICE AND PATEN-COVER. Cup-
shaped bowl; round knop; moulded base. H. 7%

Part IF CEnglfety Silversmiths 81
inches. The paten has moulded rim and foot. D.
5 inches.
Mark: None.
Inscription: (on both) Trinity Church Att Rack-
oon 1 73 1 (script).
Lent by Trinity Church, Swedesboro, New Jersey.
166. ALMS BASINS (2). Flat domed bowl;
moulded flaring edge. Sheffield Plate. D. 12
inches.Mark: None.
Inscription: Gift of Wilte Guthrie | Late of
the | Island of Jamaica | to the | Dutch
Church at Harlam | New York Island | 1793.
Lent by the Reformed Church, Haarlem, New
York.
The Harlem Church (Third Avenue and 121st Street)
was supplied generally by ministers from the New York
Church from 1660, when it was founded, until 1744,
when it first had settled pastors.
167. FLAGON WITH LONG SPOUT. Taper
ing cylindrical body; moulded lip; round midband
and six bands above the base; moulded flat domed
cover with wire purchase; drop on curved handle;
heart-shaped tip. Sheffield Plate. H. 13% inches.
Mark: None.
Inscription : The gift of Samson Benson Jr to the |
reformed dutch church at Haerlem | January 1 ,
1819 (script).
Lent by the Reformed Church, Haarlem, New
York.

82 Part IF dgffljligl) Silversmiths
1 68. CHALICE. Small bowl on baluster stem with
large knop, richly repousse with flowers, fruits,
leaves, emblems of the Passion, and bosses of cher
ubs' heads on bowl, knop, and base; the base
pierced. H. gfy& inches.
Mark: None. (Probably of French make.)
Inscription: The Gift of Mrs Catherine Bovey of
fflaxley in Gloucestersheire to St. Mary's Church
att Burlington in New Iersey in America. (An
earlier inscription has been erased.)
Lent by Saint Mary's Church, Burlington, New
Jersey.

169. FLAGON WITH SPOUT. Tapering cylin
drical body; moulded lip; midband and splayed
foot; moulded dome cover with wire purchase and
hinge drop; curved handle with heart-shaped tip.
Sheffield Plate. H. 14 7/16 inches.
Mark: None.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, Rahway,
New Jersey.
The Presbyterians of Rahway, originally a part of
Elizabeth, N. J., attended the First Presbyterian Church
of Elizabeth Town until their organization as a church
was effected and their first house of worship erected
(about 1742).

170. FLAGON WITH SPOUT. Tapering cyl
indrical body; round midband; splayed foot;
moulded domed cover; moulded purchase and drop

CHALICE WITH PATEN-COVER, BY I. W. LENT BY
BRUTON PARISH CHURCH, WILLIAMSBURG, VIR
GINIA

Part IF (Engligl) Silversmiths 83
on handle with shield tip. Sheffield Plate. H.
12^ inches.
Mark: None.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the Connecticut Farms Presbyterian
Church, Union, New Jersey.
In Connecticut Farms, a township, like Rahway, set off
from the borough of Elizabeth, the people " traveled
their four or five miles every Sabbath Day to worship
with their fathers in the old church at Elizabeth." About
the year 1730 they were organized into a separate
religious society and built a little frame church. This
was burned to the ground during the Revolution by the
British.
I. W. 1661.
171. CHALICE WITH PATEN-COVER. Cyl
indrical, slightly flaring bowl; stem flaring above
and below the round knop with collars; moulded
foot. H. io-Hj inches. The paten has moulded
edge; flat splayed foot. D. 6% inches.
Mark: I W, above an oval in shield. o

s

»*}

84 Part IF (Engltgl) Silversmiths
Inscription : On both : a. Mixe not holy thinges with
profane (script) ; b. Ex dono Francifci Mor-
risson Armigeri. An0 Dom' 1661.
Lent by the Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg,
Virginia.
JOHN WISDOM E. Entered at Goldsmiths-
Hall, 1704.
172. CHALICE WITH PATEN-COVER. Chal
ice with beaker-shaped bowl ; round knop ; moulded
foot. Paten with incised rim. Chalice, H. 10%
inches; Paten: D. 6% inches.
Mark: a. Lion's head, erased; b. Britannia; c.
Court hand B, London 1704; d. Maker's mark:
W I, fleur-de-lis below, in shaped shield.
Inscription: on chalice: Ex Dono Societatis pro
promovendo Evangelio in partibus transmarinis
1704.
Lent by Grace Church, Jamaica, Long Island.

CHALICE WITH PATEN-COVER, BY JOHN WIS-
DOME. LENT BY GRACE CHURCH, JAMAICA,
LONG ISLAND

Part IF (English Silversmiths 85

COAT OF ARMS ENGRAVED BY
FRANCOIS BUTTY AND NICH. DUMEE.

ADDENDA I
^etoter
Church Services

R. B. London, eighteenth century.
173. PLATES (2). D. 1314 inches.
Lent by the Connecticut Farms Presbyterian
Church, Union, New Jersey.
THOMAS D. BOARDMAN. Hartford, 1810.
174. PLATE. D. 12 inches.
Lent by the Gallatin Reformed Church, Mount
Ross, New York.
THOMAS D. BOARDMAN & S. B. Hart
ford, early nineteenth century.
175. FLAGON. H. 12^ inches.
Lent by the Gallatin Reformed Church, Mount
Ross, New York. 87

88 Addenda I 1$Z\totZX Church Services
THOMAS BOARDMAN & COMPANY.
New York, early nineteenth century.
176. BEAKERS (2). H. 5% inches.
Lent by the Gallatin Reformed Church, Mount
Ross, New York.
SAMUELDANFORTH. Hartford, early nine
teenth century.
177- BEAKERS (2). H. 5 inches.
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, Orange,
New Jersey.
FASSON & SON. London, latter half of eigh
teenth century.
178. PLATE. D. g}£ inches.
Lent by the Baptist Church, Morristown, New
Jersey.
HALE. Early nineteenth century.
179. BAPTISMAL BASIN. D. 97/s inches.
Lent by the Theological Seminary, Princeton, New
Jersey.
C. AND I. HERA. Philadelphia Directory,
1810. 180. PLATES (3). D. 9 inches.
Lent by the Theological Seminary, Princeton, New
Jersey.

Addenda I y&Z\X>tZY Church Services 89
HENRY WILL. New York, 1765.
181. PLATTER. Oval. L. 15% inches.
Lent by the Gallatin Reformed Church, Mount
Ross, New York.

UNKNOWN MAKERS.
182. BEAKER. H. 6^ inches.
Inscription: Spreeck • Wat • Waer • is • Eet
¦ Wat ¦ Gaer • is Drinck ¦ Wat •
Klaer • is | 1708.
Lent by the Long Island Historical Society,
Brooklyn, New York.
183. CUPS (4). H. 4% inches.
Lent by the Theological Seminary, Princeton, New
Jersey.
184. TANKARDS (2). H. 7^ inches.
Lent by the Theological Seminary, Princeton, New
Jersey.
185. TANKARD. H. ioJ-6 inches.
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, Orange,
New Jersey.
186. PLATE. D. 9% inches.
Lent by the Theological Seminary, Princeton, New
Jersey.

90 Addenda I 1^Z\0XZX Church Services
187. CUP. H. 2)4 inches.
Lent by the Baptist Church, Morristown, New
Jersey.

ADDENDA II
The Work of
american is>ifoer$mit!)«&

SIMEON A. BAYLEY. New York, 1790 to
1796.
188. STANDING CUPS (2). Oval bowl; plain
stem and foot. H. 9 inches.
Marks: a. BAYLEY, in rectangle; b. sheaf of
wheat.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the Scotch Presbyterian Church, New
York City.
The Scotch Presbyterian Church quietly withdrew from
the First Presbyterian Church in 1756 on account of dif
ferences of opinion concerning psalmody.
W. FORBES. New York.
189. ALMS BASINS (5). D. g]/s inches.
Mark: W. FORBES, in rectangle.
Inscription: a. The Gift of Alexander Rob
ertson To The Scotch Presbyterian
Church; b. N.Y 1792 (Script).
Lent by the Scotch Presbyterian Church, New York
City. 91

92 Addenda II American Silversmiths
GALE, WOOD, AND HUGHES. New
York.
190. FLAGONS (2). H. 1234 inches.
Marks: a. GALE, WOOD & HUGHES, in rect
angle; b. Eagle in oval; c. Head in oval.
Lent by the Scotch Presbyterian Church, New York
City.
W. H. New York.
191. BEAKER. H. 5 inches.
Mark.' WH, in rectangle.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, Newark,
New Jersey.
"On September to, 1668 the town (Newark) voted 'to
build a meeting-house as soon as may be.' In 1708 a
second edifice was erected on the same spot. On June
7, 1753 during the administration of Governor Belcher,
a charter was obtained " from George II.
R. R.
192. BEAKERS (2). H. 6 inches.
Mark: R-R, in rectangle.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, Newark,
New Jersey.
W. & H.
193. PLATES (4). D. 12 inches.
Mark: W & H
Inscription: None.
Lent by the Scotch Presbyterian Church, New
York City.

Addenda II £tttetican Silversmiths 93
194- STANDING CUPS (2). Deep bowl with
flaring lip; baluster stem; band of acanthus around
foot. H. 9 inches.
Mark: a. W & H; b. STERLING.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the Scotch Presbyterian Church, New York
City.
JOEL SAYRE. New York, 1778-1818.
195. BEAKERS (7). H. 5 inches.
Mark: I Sayre, in shaped rectangle.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, Newark,
New Jersey.
W. THOMSON. New York, 18 12-1830.
196. STANDING CUPS (4). Deep bowl with
flaring lip; baluster stem; band of shells around
foot. H. 9 inches.
Mark: W. Thomson (script), in rectangle.
Inscription: The Gift of James R. Smith Esq? | To
the South Presbyterian Church in the City of
New York | 24* July 181 2 (script).
Lent by the Scotch Presbyterian Church, New
York City.
197. FLAGON. Cylindrical moulded domed cover
with ball finial ; mid-band and bands on lip and base
of shell pattern ; scroll handle with heart-shaped tip ;
spout. H. 14J4 inches.

94 Addenda II SltttCttcatt Silversmiths
Mark: W. Thomson (script), in rectangle.
Inscription: As above.
Lent by the Scotch Presbyterian Church, New York
City.
UNKNOWN MAKERS.
198. BOWL. Moulded rim; splayed foot; bands of
engraved ornament on bowl and engraved lines on
foot. D. 6 inches.
Mark: None.
Inscription: Deacon Azariah Crane, | left this
" silver bowl " | " to be used in the Church of
Newark forever" [ Died November 5^ 1730.
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, Newark,
New Jersey.
This bowl was "brought from England in 1630 by Jas
per Crane in the Arabella to Connecticut and from there
in 1667 to Newark and used in his home." His son was
the Deacon Azariah Crane of the inscription. The bowl
has been remodeled.
199. BEAKERS (2). H. 6 inches.
Mark: None.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the First Presbyterian Church, Newark,
New Jersey.
200. STANDING CUPS (2). Deep bowl with
flaring lip; baluster stem; band of shells around
foot. H. 9 inches.
Mark: None.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the Scotch Presbyterian Church, New York
City.

Addenda II American Silversmiths 95
201. PLATE. D. 12 inches.
Mark: None.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the Scotch Presbyterian Church, New York
City.
202. PLATES (2). H. 12 inches.
Mark: None.
Inscription: None.
Lent by the Scotch Presbyterian Church, New York
City.

ADDENDA III
The Work of

UNKNOWN MAKERS.
Chalice.Paten.Crucifix.Candelabra (2).
Candelabra (2).
Candlesticks (2).
Candlesticks (2).
Benitier. Ciborium.Cruets with tray.
Lent by the Sisters of Charity, Nazareth, Kentucky.

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