Article: New York silver and paintings.(Museum of the City of New York, and the PaineWebber Art Gallery, New York, New York)(Brief Article)

The Museum of the City of New York was established in 1923 by a group of citizens concerned with preserving the history of a city that has never ceased changing since it was settled in the seventeenth century. As a result, the museum's collections range from masterpieces to the flotsam of domestic and civic life over the last four centuries, providing a rich look at the city's complex history. Perhaps one of the greatest strengths of the museum's holdings is its collection of silver, now numbering some fourteen hundred pieces and including examples made and used by New Yorkers along with presentation pieces made for esteemed as well as now-forgotten citizens. The museum ...

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