Collection Highlights
Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
ca. 1825
1920.5
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Creamer
Object name
Creamer
Date
ca. 1815
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. ( 16.5 x 8.9 x 17.1 cm )
Silver Weight: 10 oz (troy) 5 dwt (318 g)
Description
Wrought silver creamer; ovoid body, gadroonsaround lower body on a rectangular splayed foot with an applied vertical edge stamped with shells; applied, seamed die-rolled band with a grapevine design below an applied concave shoulder; raised flared rim with a band of stamped shells along the edge and a short pouring spout; squared silver handle; engraved, "JDBK" in script at the front center of the body; maker's mark stamped on the bowl base.
Credit Line
Gift of Joanna Kuypers Sluyter
Object Number
1913.10d
Marks
stamped: on base: "T. RICHARDS." in conforming rectangle
Gallery Label
This creamer belonged to Joanna DePeyster Kuypers Van Zandt, the grandmother of the donor.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
