Pitcher, Cream
- Object Name:
- Pitcher, Cream
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.024
- Creator:
- Middletown Plate Company
- Place of Origin:
- Middletown, CT
- Date:
- circa 1880
- Description:
- Cream pitcher, silver. Owned by Alice Cilley Stone (1849-1934) of Dunbarton, NH, around the time of her marriage in 1881. Conical body on round pedestal foot, with spout and frill. Decorative floral scrollwork around widest part of body. Thin decorated handle. Markings on bottom: "MIDDLETOWN PLATE CO. / QUADRUPLE PLATE" around scale symbol. "502 / HARD / WHITE / METAL". Gold wash on interior.
- Material:
- Silver
- Dimensions:
- H-5.6 W-3.7 D-5.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.
The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley
- People:
- Stone, Alice P. (1849-1934)
- Subjects:
- Silver services
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