Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cruet
Object name
Cruet
Date
ca. 1850
Medium
Sheffield plate, glass
Dimensions
Overall: 7 3/4 x 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 19.7 x 6.7 x 5.4 cm )
Description
Colorless molded-glass cruet bottle with a Sheffield silver-plate spout and handle; cylindrical thirteen-sided body with a narrow neck and sloping shoulders; molded decoration composed of three rows of horizontal bands down the body; applied silver-plate spout over the opening of the bottle that comes to points at the front and back; extended spout, high at the front and back, low at the sides; hinged cover conforms to the shape of the spout, with an applied ball finial; high loop handle applied with an ovoid joint, tapers to a spear-head at the bottom; no maker's mark.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number
1937.11b
Gallery Label
This cruet service descended to the donor through either the Ketchum or Morris families.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.




