汤勺 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	汤勺
品名（英）	Soup Ladle
入馆年号	2016年，2016.533.14
策展部门	美国之翼（The American Wing）
创作者	F. A. Durgin【1860 至 1888】【美国人】
创作年份	公元 1864
创作地区	制造于: 美国, 密苏里州, 圣路易斯（Made in: United States, Missouri, Saint Louis）
分类
尺寸	12 1/4 英寸 (31.1 厘米)
介绍（中）	19世纪中期，新兴的中产阶级对精致奢侈品的需求不断增加，推动了美国白银行业创造力的蓬勃发展。银匠们投入了大量的时间和创造性的精力来创造各种各样的新设计和图案。在19世纪60年代和19世纪70年代，以古董硬币和浮雕为灵感，装饰有肖像徽章的银制餐具广受欢迎，几乎每个美国银匠都生产自己专有的"徽章"图案。F.A.Durgin的密苏里州圣路易斯公司制造了这种钢包，其柄与1862年纽约银匠John R.Wendt获得专利的已知最早的奖章图案有显著相似之处。（例如参见TR.572.7。）尽管他的图案不是复制品，但很明显，杜金熟悉温特的设计。1878年出版的一本名为《圣之旅》的出版物。Louis称赞Durgin的公司"将我们人民的品味提升到对美术的最高欣赏"，并继续报道称，Durgin"制作出了美国最优雅的固体银器……他的作品的优越性为他赢得了西方最优秀、最富有的公民的庇护。"
介绍（英）	The mid-nineteenth century witnessed an efflorescence of creativity in the American silver industry, fueled by the burgeoning middle class’s increasing demand for refined luxury goods. Silversmiths devoted considerable time and creative energy to generating an endless variety of new designs and patterns. During the 1860s and 1870s silver flatware ornamented with portrait medallions inspired by antique coins and cameos enjoyed widespread popularity, with virtually every American silversmith producing their own proprietary "medallion" pattern. The Saint Louis, Missouri firm of F. A. Durgin created this ladle, the shank of which bears marked similarities to the earliest known medallion pattern patented by New York silversmith John R. Wendt in 1862. (See for example TR.572.7.) Although his pattern is not a copy, it is clear Durgin was familiar with Wendt’s design. An 1878 publication entitled A Tour of St. Louis celebrates Durgin’s firm for "elevating the tastes of our people to the very highest appreciation of fine art," and goes on to report that Durgin "turns out the most elegant articles of solid silverware to be found in the United States….and the superiority of his work has secured for him the patronage of the best and wealthiest citizens of the West."