Collection Highlights
The Rapalje Children
1768
1946.201
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Creamer
Object name
Creamer
Date
ca. 1870
Medium
Silver plate
Dimensions
Overall: 4 5/8 x 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. ( 11.7 x 10.5 x 7.9 cm )
Description
Spun silver plate creamer; pear-shaped body with a narrow neck flared to an extended pouring lip; plain band applied around the rim; seated on a circular molded foot; s-scroll handle tapering at both ends with a beaded thumbpiece; gilt interior; circular reserves on both sides surrounded by engraved geometric circles with trefoils and foliate scrolls; marked on the base.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. de Peyster Hosmer
Object Number
1948.103
Marks
stamped: on base: "1300/ HARD SOLDERED/ 1/2"
Gallery Label
This creamer was given to Julia Anna Toller (1847-1937) and Johnson Livingston de Peyster, the parents of the donor, by Mary Toller (d. 1884) at the time of their wedding.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
