Creamer
Creamer
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- Description
- Raised double-bellied pitcher on a flared circular pedestal base with flat, gadrooned edge. Nearly level, gadrooned and double-scored rim has a flat pouring lip creased at center. Cast C- and S-curve handle has waterleaf sprig at top and split-scroll lower terminal. Underside of foot is crudely engraved "S / H E". Underside of rounded bottom is struck below centerpunch "JD" in raised roman letters in an oval.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- creamer
- date made
- ca 1790 - 1800
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 10.795 cm x 6.985 cm
- ID Number
- DL.71.0139
- catalog number
- 71.0139
- accession number
- 293237
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dorothy Longnecker, in memory of her son Frank Longnecker
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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