Bowl, Waste

Object Name:

Bowl, Waste

Object ID:

1984.049.01

Date:

1858

Description:

Bowl, waste. Silver plated on top of white base medal. Squat vase shaped with flared rim on round pedestal base. Rim is folded over and plain. Body of vase is decorated with floral repousse work. Base edge is edged with leaf and twig motif. Several solder marks present, including at the neck and top of base. Engraved on face of vase in upper and lower case black lettering, "Miss Prescott"; engraved below in upper and lower case script, "From her grateful, and ever / loving pupils. / New London N.H. / Oct 21t 1858", the t is raised and underlined. One of a five piece tea service (1984.49.1-.5).

Material:

Metal
Silver

Dimensions:

H-6.6 Dia-4.875 inches

Provenance:

A teacher and principal of the Female Department of the Literary and Scientific Institution in New London, Mary Jane Prescott (1821-1894) received this tea set from her students as a wedding present. She married Rev. Lucian Hayden (1808-1896) in 1858. The couple moved to Indianapolis by 1870, where Lucian served as Superintendent and Mary served as Principal of another Female Institute. They had one child, Mary P., who died young.
The tea set was delivered by Mildred Crockett Tunis (1900-1993) of New London N.H., mother of the donor, Mary Jane Tunis-Schneider of Albany N.Y. Mildred's grandmother, Sarah Elizabeth Prescott Henry(1828-1891), was the younger sister of Mary Jane Prescott. Their father was noted musical instrument maker, Abraham Prescott (1789-1858) of Deerfield & Concord, N.H.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mary Jane Tunis-Schneider

People:

Prescott, Mary Jane (1821-1894), Hayden, Lucian (1808-1896), Nichols, M. A., Cheney, Melissa, Trussell, S. E., Green, P. J., Greene, Sarah, Baldwin, L. G., Flagg, Lucy A., Scales, Lissie A., Haley, Augusta C., Gove, Hellen E., Gove, Maria A., Jewell, Minnie C., Sinclair, Lissy M., Fisher, Ellen E., Todd, Sarah E., Burpee, A. E., Westgate, Hellen, Hurvey, Mary A., McCutchins, L., Jewell, Carrie, Stacy, Horace, Young, S. S., Colby, H. L., Martin, George K., Somes, A. P., Scales, John, Atwood, Solomon D., Pollard, George E., Smith, H. K., Tilton, A. V., Rowe, Charles R., Dinsmoor, Daniel S., Pillsbury, Charles A. (1842-1899), Flagg, W. L., Fellows, H. A., Rawson, M. C., Davis, A. L., Carter, M. O., Emerson, J. J., Hall, S. E., Clark, A. B., Gilchrist, S. Jennie, Brown, J. E., Smiley, A. L., Ambrose, M. J., Brown, M. L., Craft, S. E., Henry, Sarah E. (1828-1891), Crockett, Esther M., Tunis, Mildred C. (1900-1993), Tunis-Schneider, Mary Jane B., Gates, Arabella Maria Belle (1840-1870), Moulton, Clarence F. (1837-1922), Haley, C. Augusta (1840-1896), Burtt, Angelina M. (1837-1865), Currier, Mary A. (1832-1912)

Subjects:

Teachers