Goblet
Goblet
Goblet
Goblet

On view

American Art
Wilmerding Pavilion
Libby Anschutz Gallery
Princeton Collects

Goblet,

ca. 1820

Fletcher & Gardiner, 1809–1827, active Boston, MA and Philadelphia, PA
2022-303

During the early 1800s, ancient Greek and Roman art and architecture were viewed as appropriate models for artists in the United States, with its government partially modeled on Greek democracy and the Roman republic. Some of the most impressive examples of American silver in this classical revival style were produced in Philadelphia by the partnership of Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner. Their familiarity with classical sources resulted in part from a trip Fletcher made in 1815–16 to France and Great Britain, where he saw contemporary silver based on ancient Greek vessels as well as ancient objects that inspired them. The eagle’s head on the presentation ewer is a motif found on Roman metalwork, although on this piece it also served as an emblem of the new nation.


David L. Barquist, The H. Richard Dietrich Jr. Curator of American Decorative Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Information

Title
Goblet
Dates

ca. 1820

Maker
Fletcher & Gardiner
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
h. 20 × diam. 11.7 cm (7 7/8 × 4 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Stuart P. Feld, Class of 1957, and Sue K. Feld
Object Number
2022-303
Place Made

North America, United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Signatures
Signed and inscribed (on the bottom, with round seal mark): Fletcher & Gardiner, Phil
Inscription
Inscribed (with engraving, on one side of vessel): MJF
Culture
American
Type
metalwork, chalices
Materials
silver

Stuart P. Feld and Sue K. Feld; donated to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2022.

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