The silver, gold and other metalwork in the Institute’s collections include personal items used by participants in the American Revolution as well as decorative objects made to commemorate the people and events of the war. Camp cups, utensils and pocket watches document the daily lives of soldiers and civilian participants in the Revolution. Figural clocks, tableware and other household goods reveal ways in which later generations celebrated the Revolution’s leaders and achievements. A highlight of this collection is a rare gilt brass mantel clock depicting George Washington as commander in chief of the American forces, made by Jean-Baptiste DuBuc in Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century.
Gift of Edmund Strudwick, Jr. and Etta Brown Larson in memory of John Collins Daves, North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati, 1975
Gift of Isabel Anderson, 1938
Bequest of Mary Safford Hoogerwerff, 1965
Gift of Dr. William Curtis Carroll Davis, North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati, 1960
Gift of E. LeRoy Heard, Jr., and Thomas M. Heard, Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey, 1985
The Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson Collection
The Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson Collection
Gift of David Gordon Sutton, Frank Taylor Sutton III, and Frank Taylor Sutton IV, 2001
Museum purchase, 2016