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Among the show's well-polished highlights are the gleaming heirlooms loaned to the museum and shown on the opposite page. The tankard has a coin imbedded in its lid and is engraved with roses representing the arms of the Roosevelt family; made by Gerrit Onckelbag, it was possibly part of the dowry of Catharina Hardenbroeck, who married Jacobus Roosevelt in 1713. The fat little teapot is the work of Jesse Kip, and was probably made between 1720 and 1722 for the Douw family. The caudle cup, also the work of Onckelbag. is engraved with the stars-and-windmill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Knickerbocker Silversmiths | 1/11/1963 | See Source »

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