GENERAL DESCRIPTION
While other sets in this shape are known, the decoration on the handles of this set's salad spoon, seen here, and its accompanying salad fork (1992.7.11.2) is unique. Events such as the completion of the Suez Canal in 1870 and the Cairo premiere of Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi's opera Aida in 1871 led to a renewed interest in ancient Egypt during the 1860s and 1870s. Designers responded to this vogue with the use of Egyptian motifs. The handles of this salad set, attributed to John R. Wendt & Company or its successor R. D. Beiderhase & Co., terminate in female figures, probably meant to represent Cleopatra, that hold inverted obelisks embellished with symbols reminiscent of hieroglyphs.
Adapted from
Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 327.
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TMS Updates - Bibliography, GeoXRefs - Business Locations (Ball, Black and Company AND John R. Wendt & Company), retiled in and place of origin - JBA (10/25/2017)
wrote rule and added canonical links - 9/8 (JBA)
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I added the following as a TMS Text Entry: Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 327.
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Until 1992: The V. Stephen Vaughan Collection, Chelsea, Massachusetts
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General Description
While other sets in this shape are known, the decoration on the handles of this set's salad spoon, seen here, and its accompanying salad fork (1992.7.11.2) is unique. Events such as the completion of the Suez Canal in 1870 and the Cairo premiere of Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi's opera Aida in 1871 led to a renewed interest in ancient Egypt during the 1860s and 1870s. Designers responded to this vogue with the use of Egyptian motifs. The handles of this salad set, attributed to John R. Wendt & Company or its successor R. D. Beiderhase & Co., terminate in female figures, probably meant to represent Cleopatra, that hold inverted obelisks embellished with symbols reminiscent of hieroglyphs.
Adapted from
Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 327.
Fun Facts
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Notes
TMS Updates - Bibliography, GeoXRefs - Business Locations (Ball, Black and Company AND John R. Wendt & Company), retiled in and place of origin - JBA (10/25/2017)
wrote rule and added canonical links - 9/8 (JBA)
I edited, updated, or entered the Provenance, Exhibition History, Bibliography, and Published References fields in TMS.
I added the following as a TMS Text Entry: Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 327.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
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Until 1992: The V. Stephen Vaughan Collection, Chelsea, Massachusetts
From 1992: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the above
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