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Pitcher, Cream

Object Name:
Pitcher, Cream
Object ID:
2008.038.03.04
Creator:
Manhattan Plate Company
Place of Origin:
New York, NY
Date:
circa 1870
Description:
Cream Pitcher. Silver-plated; white metal and brass; Renaissance Revival Style. Rounded urn-shaped body with tapered stem, flared and stepped base and a straight foot. Reticulated ribbed strap handle. Flared neck and open spout top. Cast beaded egg and dart molding bands around rim, top and foot. Vertical oval laurel wreath engraved with an old English script "H" hand engraved in center of wreath. Wreath connected by floral swag band around body. Two double dot bands around rim beneath egg and dart band. Dotted band around top of stem. "MANHATTAN PLATE COMPANY / NEW YORK" and two people, and a coat-of-arms topped with an eagle, stamped in polygon on bottom.
Material:
Metal
Silver
Brass
Dimensions:
H-7.132 W-4.5 inches
Provenance:
Gift of Margaret M. Bolus, great-granddaughter of James Riggs Hill. Hill owned the set.
Credit Line:
Gift of Margaret M. Bolus
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