Myer Myers (American, 1723–1795). Creamer, ca. 1760. Silver, 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 4 1/2in. (14.6 x 8.9 x 11.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 73.47. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.47_front_SL4.jpg)
Myer Myers (American, 1723–1795). Creamer, ca. 1760. Silver, 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 4 1/2in. (14.6 x 8.9 x 11.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 73.47. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.47_threequarter_front_SL3.jpg)
Creamer
Myer Myers
Decorative Arts and Design
VESSELS FOR FASHIONABLE BEVERAGES IN BRITISH AMERICA
As in Spanish America, the consumption of fashionable beverages—tea, coffee, and chocolate—became a fundamental part of socializing in the increasingly prosperous British American colonies. The serving of these exotic beverages required new furniture types such as the tea table (on view nearby), as well as artifacts made of silver or fine pottery such as teapots, coffeepots, chocolate pots, creamers, sugar bowls, flatware, and cups and saucers.
VAJILLA PARA LAS BEBIDAS DE MODA EN LA AMÉRICA BRITÁNICA
Así como en Hispanoamérica, el consumo de las bebidas de moda—té, café y chocolate—se convirtió en una parte fundamental de la vida social de las cada vez más prósperas colonias británicoamericanas. Para servir estas bebidas exóticas se necesitaban nuevos tipos de muebles como la mesa de té (en exposición) y utensilios hechos de cerámica fina o plata como teteras, cafeteras, jarras de chocolate, jarras para crema, azucareros, cubiertos, tazas y platillos.
As in Spanish America, the consumption of fashionable beverages—tea, coffee, and chocolate—became a fundamental part of socializing in the increasingly prosperous British American colonies. The serving of these exotic beverages required new furniture types such as the tea table (on view nearby), as well as artifacts made of silver or fine pottery such as teapots, coffeepots, chocolate pots, creamers, sugar bowls, flatware, and cups and saucers.
VAJILLA PARA LAS BEBIDAS DE MODA EN LA AMÉRICA BRITÁNICA
Así como en Hispanoamérica, el consumo de las bebidas de moda—té, café y chocolate—se convirtió en una parte fundamental de la vida social de las cada vez más prósperas colonias británicoamericanas. Para servir estas bebidas exóticas se necesitaban nuevos tipos de muebles como la mesa de té (en exposición) y utensilios hechos de cerámica fina o plata como teteras, cafeteras, jarras de chocolate, jarras para crema, azucareros, cubiertos, tazas y platillos.
MEDIUM
Silver
DATES
ca. 1760
DIMENSIONS
5 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 4 1/2in. (14.6 x 8.9 x 11.4cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
On center of base in small punch: MM
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
73.47
CREDIT LINE
H. Randolph Lever Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Myer Myers (American, 1723–1795). Creamer, ca. 1760. Silver, 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 4 1/2in. (14.6 x 8.9 x 11.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 73.47. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 73.47_front_SL4.jpg)
IMAGE
front, 73.47_front_SL4.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014
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