Pitcher, Cream
- Object Name:
- Pitcher, Cream
- Object ID:
- 1993.059.02
- Creator:
- Gebelein, George Christian (1878-1945) -- Silversmith
- Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- circa 1920
- Description:
- Cream Pitcher. Silver. Raised round body with soldered cast handle and spout. Slightly hammered finish on body. Silver decorated with crest consisting of an engraved left-facing wyvern (winged serpent/dragon), the head pierced by an arrow, and the name "HOWE" below, in roman letters. Marks on bottom: "GEBELEIN" in stylized letters within a rounded rectangle; rough texture on background; "STERLING" in roman letters, incuse, and "Boston" in roman italic letters, incuse. Felt bag for silver marked "GEORGE C. GEBELEIN / Gold and Silversmith / 79 CHESTNUT STREET / BOSTON, MASS." Part of a set (1993.059.01-02).
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-3.875 W-5.625 D-3.375 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a set custom made c. 1920 by George Christian Gebelein (1878-1945) for the Howe family (Howe crest engraved on each piece).
George Christian Gebelein (1878-1945), apprenticed to Goodnow & Jenks, Boston, worked as a journeyman silversmith at the with William B. Durgin Co. Concord, from 1900 through 1903. Gebelein married Eva May Pelren (1884-1954), 1901, Concord, NH. They moved to Boston, 1903, where he worked at the craft revival business, The Handicraft Shop. In 1909 he opened Gebelein Silversmith's Inc., considered to be "an outstanding silversmith in the arts & crafts tradition" (Duffy 1993). The gift was made by the donors in memory of their parents, George Christian and Eva May Pelren Gebelein. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Eleanor Gebelein Greene, Ernest George Gebelein, and Arthur David Gebelein, in Memory of Eva May Pelren and George Christian Gebelein
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