Creamer

Description:

Octagonal or panel-sided, urn-shaped cream pot with spurred S-scroll handle; missing pedestal base. Conforming rim and pouring spout. Maker's mark partially visible on underside of body. From a sugar bowl and creamer set, DL*311709 and DL*311714.

Maker is Leonard, Reed & Barton of Taunton, MA. Founded by Gustavus Leonard, Henry F. Reed and Charles E. Barton as successor to Taunton Britannia Manufacturing Company in 1835; became Reed & Barton in 1840. Marked panel-sided coffee- and teapots matching sugar bowl DL*311709 and creamer DL*311714 are known.

Date Made: 1835-1840

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Taunton

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Bequest of Miss Elizabeth S. Stevens

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.311714Catalog Number: 311714Accession Number: 64443

Object Name: creamer

Physical Description: pewter (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 8.89 cm x 14.605 cm x 10.795 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-37e2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_300530

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