Paneled Bowl 
Jacob C. Ten Eyck (1705-1793); Albany; Silver, c. 1730-50; 
AIHA Collection: Gift of Margaret Farrell Lynch [Mrs. George W. Lynch] in memory of her mother, Margaret R. Brady Farrell [Mrs. James C. Farrell]

Jacob Ten Eyck apprenticed with New York City master silversmith Charles Le Roux (1670-1732) for seven years beginning in 1719. After this training he returned to Albany to work with his father, Albany silversmith Koenraet Ten Eyck (1678-1753). 

Brandywine bowls such as this paneled example are closely associated with Dutch customs. Dutch brandewijnskom held a mixture of brandy and raisins that would be eaten with a silver spoon as the bowl circulated from guest to guest at weddings, funerals and other ceremonial occasions. An early family inventory lists this bowl as a punch bowl; later generations used it as a christening basin. 

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