1970.8 Monju (Manjushri)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This highly stylized image from esoteric Buddhist iconography represents the youthful bodhisattva Manjushri, embodiment of highest wisdom. His emblems are a book and a sword. The book, symbolizing Buddhist holy texts, rests on a lotus blossom; the flaming sword symbolically cleaves the darkness of ignorance.
1984.202.33 Shirasuka: View of Shiomizaka
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A daimyō (feudal lord) procession winds through the seaside near Shirasuka, a town which had actually been moved farther inland by the time Andō Hiroshige visited there.
1991.101.2 George Wilkinson, Lady's serving spoon
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A native of the metalworking center of Birmingham, England, George Wilkinson served as Gorham Manufacturing Company's chief designer from 1857 until his death in 1894.
1991.1.A-B Augustus Rogers Workshop, Kettle-on-stand
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Chinoiserie, a style inspired by the arts of China and neighboring Asian countries, first appeared in American silver in the colonial period, but did not reach its height until the mid-19th century, when wealthy Americans importe
1989.99 John R. Wendt, Pitcher
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
John Rudolf Wendt (1826-1907) was one of the United States' finest silversmiths during the 1860s and 1870s. Born and trained in Germany, Wendt produced many exceptional objects in the Neoclassical taste.
1991.101.8 Edward C. Moore, Sugar sifter
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The quality and complexity of the designs of New York silversmith Edward C. Moore, exclusive producer for retailer Tiffany & Co. between 1851 and 1868 and later chief designer, increased throughout the 1860s.
1993.11.A-M Edward Gleason, Cruet stand
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The technique of electroplating was in practice in the United States by 1840, two years after it was patented by George and Henry Elkington of the English firm of Elkington & Co.