Museum Collections

Wrought silver creamer; octagonal, lantern-shaped body with an extended neck; rounded base set on four scroll feet with acanthus leaves at the knees; plain convex band at the shoulder; cast and applied stepped band around the octagonal, extended pouring rim; cast, scrolled silver handle with an acanthus leaf thumbpiece and cast acanthus blossom below the handle center; crisp engraving of foliate scrolls with japanesque figures and scenes on each of the eight segments of the body; eight different flowers engraved on the rounded base; maker's marks on the base.