Andrew Osthoff
Beaker
1804-1814
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Andrew Osthoff
Beaker
1804-1814
Physical Qualities
Silver, 3 1/2 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (8.9 x 7.9 x 7.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.132
The beaker, produced in virtually unchanged style between 1680 and 1830, is a form commonly found in American silver. The maker of this example, Andrew Osthoff, worked in Baltimore from about 1809 until 1814 before moving to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD; Walter de Curzon Poultney (1845-1929), Baltimore, MD
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Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 120, ill.
Pleasants and Sill, p. 166 & pl. XI, no. 3
Inscribed: Engraved monogram "E" on the side
Markings: stamps: STERLING, eagle head mark, A. OSTHOFF
Maker
Andrew Osthoff
1808–1814
American, working Baltimore, c. 1809-1814; working Pittsburgh, 1815
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