Accession # | 64.76.4 |
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Maker | William Thomson |
Title | Creamer |
Date | ca. 1820 |
Medium | Silver |
Dimensions | 7 1/4 x 7 in. (18.4 x 17.8 cm) |
Marks | "W. Thomson" [twice] |
Inscriptions | no inscriptions |
Signed | no signature |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Chester Dale |
Location | Visible Storage: Case 22, Shelf D (Silver) |
Description | Part of a four-piece service. Squat, oval-based, bulbous silver creamer with broad spout and plain ear handle. A continuous repoussée band of bundles of wheat is around the lip and top and bottom of foot. On shoulder is a repoussée band repeated the following motives: windmill, bundle of wheat, beehives, water mill, haystack cover, scythe and hatchel, rake and plow, homestead and wagon. CONDITION: Bent at foot, handle loose at bottom, dent in body. |