Inventory of Silver Plate, Belonging to Harvard College, and in the Keeping of the President, 1886 December 8 Digital
Scope and Contents
Black and white composition book sent to the Harvard College Library containing a typed "copy of notes made in the spring of 1886" by John H. Buck. Includes historical information, and physical descriptions and valuations of the Great Salt, the Stoughton Cup, the Browne Cup, and the christening basin acquired with the donation of Oliver Wendell, as well as notes on other gifts of silver.
Dates
- Creation: 1886 December 8
Researcher Access
Open for research.
Extent
.04 cubic feet (4 folders)Biographical / Historical
John H. Buck was a metals expert with the Gorham Manufacturing Company at the time of this inventory. He later wrote an article on the silver, "Old Plate. Gifts to Harvard University," published in The Curio, Vol. I, September, 1887 to February, 1888. Buck was Curator of Metal Work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1906 to 1912.
Processing Information
Title transcribed by archivist.
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard University Archives Repository
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