Cruet

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 
1937.11c
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.