Pitcher, Cream
- Object Name:
- Pitcher, Cream
- Object ID:
- 1942.001.03.2
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY; Taunton, MA; or Newark, NJ
- Date:
- circa 1882
- Description:
- Cream Pitcher, one of a set with a sugar bowl (1942.001.03.1-2). Silver. Short, squat, round body with flower petal rim leading up to curved, rolled-out, flaring spout; eight diagonal grooves marked around body, with flowers and leaves overlay decoration that have been pressed into the grooves. Upward loop handle. Bowl of creamer sits on a round plate-type bottom. Appears to be a gold wash on inside of bowl. Hammered texture on body. Adhesive tape label on bottom of vessel with typed text, "1942 Loan / M.H.Jewell". Markings on bottom include: "Sanger." engraved in upper and lower case script letters; stamped "194"; stamped "STERLING" in sans-serif type, incuse; and maker's mark stamp of connected circle, rectangle, and diamond with "925" within rectangle and "1882" within diamond. Scratched inscriptions on bottom: "6796" and "MWIN".
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-2.875 W-4.875 D-3.8 inches
- Provenance:
- Piece is engraved "Sanger." Donor's sister, Susan E. Jewell (1854-1936), was married to George P. Sanger.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
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