Raised globular bowl with a flat cover topped by a cast pineapple or berry and an inset, hinged-lid spout placed perpendicular to the baluster-turned handle pinned into a conical socket mounted to a double-domed circular plate; body perforated at spout. Side opposite spout is engraved with a crest depicting a horse's head, facing right with an arrow in its mouth pointed at its breast, rising from a heraldic wreath. Underside of flat bottom is struck once over the centerpoint "JC" in raised script in a rectangle.
Maker is Jonathan Clarke (1706-1766); working in Newport, RI, 1734-1755, and Providence, RI, 1755-1766.
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