Baldwin Gardiner
Sauce Tureen with Ladle

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Sauce Tureen with Ladle
Datec. 1825–1830
Made inNew York , New York, United States
MediumSilver
DimensionsTureen: 8 1/4 × 8 × 4 1/4 in. (21 × 20.3 × 10.8 cm)
Ladle: 7 3/8 × 2 9/16 in. (18.7 × 6.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Shell Oil Company Foundation at "One Great Night in November, 1997"
Object numberB.97.19.1,.2
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Metals Study Room
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Description

Merchant and silver manufacturer Baldwin Gardiner was the younger brother of Sidney Gardiner, who rose to prominence as a silversmith in partnership with Thomas Fletcher. Baldwin first worked with the partners in Boston and moved with them to Philadelphia in 1811. Possibly, with the partners’ help, Baldwin established a new fancy hardware firm in Philadelphia. By 1817, he was in business with his brother-in-law Lewis Vernon in the firm of Gardiner, Vernon & Co., retailing goods such as plated ware, cutlery, glass, ceramics, and lamps. 

By September of 1826, Gardiner, Vernon & Co. was dissolved, and Baldwin Gardiner moved to New York, where he continued to retail ornaments such as French gilt plateaus, candelabra, and lamps. He also filled special orders for silverware. By 1831, Baldwin Gardiner established a silver manufactory of his own and in 1832 advertised in New York as a manufacturer of silverware, though he continued to retail goods made by others.


Provenance[Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1997.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[no inscriptions]
Tureen: Marked on underside in a serrated rectangle: B.GARDINER and touch marks in rectangles with chamfered corners: Head, G, and lion. Marked on the back in rectangle with chamfered corners: B.GARDINER with two touches.

Ladle: Marked on back with two touches: B.GARDINER / S in a rectangle with chamfered corners

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