搭扣 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	搭扣
品名（英）	Buckle
入馆年号	1975年，1975.400.2
策展部门	美国之翼（The American Wing）
创作者	Theodore B. Starr【1837 至 1907】【美国人】
创作年份	公元 1900 - 公元 1924
创作地区	制造于: 美国, 纽约, 纽约（Made in: United States, New York, New York）
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尺寸	5/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/8 英寸 (0.8 x 3.2 x 2.9 厘米); 13 dwt. (20.8 g)
介绍（中）	这个金扣是纽约市珠宝公司T.B.Starr&；Co.。这些搭扣描绘了风格化的海豚和棘叶，它们被巧妙地追逐，以创造出有质感的饰面 Theodore B.Starr是十九世纪末和二十世纪初纽约市最著名、最有影响力的珠宝和银饰公司之一。最初与珠宝商和银匠赫尔曼·马库斯以Starr&；马库斯，西奥多·B·斯塔尔于1877年成立了自己的同名公司。斯塔尔的工作经常受到媒体的热烈欢迎 1880年3月18日，《独立报》发表了一篇文章，其中"Theodore B.Starr之家"被描述为一个发展"对‘使用中的美’的教育需求"的机构，人们会发现"他的品味和智慧受到了刺激"， "没有更引人注目的证据表明，作为人，我们在艺术方面已经取得了进步，而且每天都在取得进步，正如经典诗人所说，‘软化我们的道德本性，禁止我们残暴。’大都会艺术博物馆值得研究，因为它向我们展示了其他国家和时代在这方面所做的一切。斯塔尔同样值得一游，因为他们向我们展示了我们国家现在正在做什么。" 这种夸张的赞扬对T.B.Starr来说并不罕见，该公司正在生产重要的艺术珠宝的说法得到了该公司工作的幸存例子的支持。
介绍（英）	This gold buckle is one half of a pair made by New York City jewelry firm T.B. Starr & Co. These buckles depict stylized dolphins and acanthus leaves, and they are delicately chased to create a textured finish. Theodore B. Starr was among the most prominent and influential jewelry and silversmithing firms in New York City during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Originally in partnership with jeweler and silversmith Herman Marcus under the name of Starr & Marcus, Theodore B. Starr established his own eponymous firm in 1877. Starr’s work was regularly and enthusiastically heralded in the press. On March 18th, 1880 "The Independent" published an article in which “The House of Theodore B. Starr” is described as an establishment that develops “an educated demand for ‘beauty in use;’” and where one will find “his taste and his intelligence stimulated.” The article goes on to state, “No more striking proof exists of the progress which, as people, we have made and are daily making, in the arts which, as the classic poet puts it, ‘soften our moral natures and forbid us to be brutal.’ The Metropolitan Museum of Art is worthy of study because it shows us what has been done in this direction in other lands and other ages. Warerooms such as those of Theodore B. Starr are not less worthy of a visit because they show us what is doing now in our own country.” Such hyperbolic praise was not unusual for T.B. Starr, and the contention that the firm was producing important and artistic jewelry is supported by surviving examples of the firm’s work.