Pitcher, Cream

Object Name:

Pitcher, Cream

Object ID:

2005.037.01.4

Creator:

Rogers, Smith & Company -- Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

New Haven, CT

Date:

1865

Description:

Cream Pitcher. Manufactured by Rogers, Smith & Company, New Haven, CT, 1865. Silver-plated white metal. Urn-shaped body with tapered, convex banded, stepped foot. Tapered, concave neck with large open, curved mouth. Greek key and beaded bands around top of body. Beaded bands around base of body, bottom of foot, and top of neck at mouth. Reticulated, scrolled handle on side. Obverse, engraved in Gothic script: "J". Stamped on bottom: "ROGERS SMITH & Co. / NEW HAVEN CONN. / 1959".

Material:

Silver

Dimensions:

H-7.2 W-5 Dia-3.6 inches

Provenance:

Part of eight-piece silver-plated teaset presented to Mrs. Caroline E. Johnson by the First Baptist Society, Concord, NH, 1865.

Credit Line:

Gift of First Baptist Church, Concord, NH

People:

Johnson, Caroline E. (1829-1887), Johnson, Joel D. (1815-1884), Flanders, Charles W. (1807-1875), Gilmore, Joseph A. (1811-1867), Elwell, Isaac, Bullock, Gilbert (1816-1889), Drew, George W. (1836-1908), Warde, David A. (1828-1874), Cleaves, George P. (1838- ), Carter, Elbridge G. (1808-1879), Foster, Henry B. (1820-1904), Pillsbury, George A. (1816-1898), Mead, Nathaniel J. (1833-1905), Sewall, Stephen (1815-1904), Rollins, John F. (1835-1905), Pillsbury, Thomas W. (1818-1896), Prescott, Joseph W. (1824-1888), Humphrey, Stillman (1833-1895), Eastman, Edson C. (1832-1911), Elwell, Isaac N. (1834-1867), Hill, Charles H. (1833-1889)

Subjects:

Presentation