Pitcher, Cream
- Object Name:
- Pitcher, Cream
- Object ID:
- 1966.018.16.2
- Creator:
- Reed & Barton -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Taunton, MA
- Date:
- circa 1860
- Description:
- Cream Pitcher. Made by Reed & Barton, Taunton, MA. Silver-plated metal. Pear-shaped form with four small scrolled feet attached to lower body with leafy scrolls applied to body surface. Body paneled vertically with shallow lines and grooves, terminating in scallops at top rim. Loop handle with curl at top applied from below rim to widest part of body. Narrow beak-like spout with scallop extending across its inside edge. Stamped "REED & BARTON / 1765" on bottom. This number may be a pattern or design number as it appears on both the creamer and sugar bowl. This cream pitcher matches sugar bowl 1966.018.16.1.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-5.9 W-5.5 D-3.375 inches
- Provenance:
- Presented to the donor's grandfather, Rodney M. Rollins, in the 1850s when he left the mills in Lawrence, MA, to come to New Hampshire.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Laura Berry Offutt and Harriet Berry Denham
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