Stand, Cruet

Object Name:

Stand, Cruet

Object ID:

2017.014.022

Creator:

Reed & Barton -- Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

Taunton, MA

Date:

circa 1880

Description:

Cruet set, silver and glass. Owned by Alice Cilley Stone (1849-1934) of Dunbarton, NH, around the time of her marriage in 1881. Plated silver stand with five glass cruets. Manufactured by Reed & Barton, Taunton, MA.
a. Stand, circular. Stepped pedestal base tapers up to central guide rod. Round turntable with five 1.9" diameter holes fits over the central rod, and handle screws on over it. Handle consists of a metal rod, bent to form an upside down triangle, with decorative bands soldered on sides and at top. Turntable is supported by spokes underneath. Decorative leaf patterns engraved around base and turntable, with script "C" engraved on side of turntable.
b. Glass cruet and stopper. Bulbous body with cylindrical bottom to set in turntable, before slimming back down to the neck. Top of neck is curved double mouth with upturned sides. Ring of oval depressions around base of cruet, and above bulge. Two rings of circular ones around neck. Floral pattern etched around middle. Glass stopper shaped like a crystal.
c. Glass cruet and stopper. Bulbous body with cylindrical bottom to set in turntable, before slimming back down to the neck. Top of neck is curved double mouth with upturned sides. Ring of oval depressions around base of cruet, and around middle. Two rings of circular ones around neck. Floral pattern etched above bulge. Glass stopper with a flat oval on top.
d. Glass cruet with silver cap. Bulbous body with cylindrical bottom to set in turntable, before slimming back down to the neck. Ring of oval depressions around base of cruet, and around middle. Two rings of circular ones around neck. Floral pattern etched above bulge. Domed silver cap has rounded spike at top, with small holes around it.
e. Glass cruet with silver cap. Bulbous body with cylindrical bottom to set in turntable, before slimming back down to the neck. Ring of oval depressions around base of cruet, and around middle. Two rings of circular ones around neck. Floral pattern etched above bulge. Domed silver cap has ringed rod at top, with alternating slots and small holes around it.
f. Glass cruet with silver cap. Bulbous body with cylindrical bottom to set in turntable, before tapering down to a ring below the neck. Ring of oval depressions around base of cruet, and around middle. Floral pattern etched above bulge. Silver cap starts as cylinder, then topped by a cone with a ring around the base, held on by hinge. Ringed rod at top of cap, with cutout in side of cone.

Material:

Silver
Glass

Provenance:

Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.

The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors.

Credit Line:

Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley

People:

Stone, Alice P. (1849-1934)

Subjects:

Silver services