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Creamer
Accession # 64.76.4
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.