Collection Highlights
Snake jug
Date:
1871
Object Number:
1906.6ab
Medium:
Stoneware
SUPPORT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Help us present groundbreaking exhibitions and develop educational programs about our nation's history for more than 200,000 schoolchildren annually.
Museum Collections
Luce Center
Creamer
Object Number:
1974.27d
Date:
1896
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 4 in. ( 8.9 x 15.9 x 10.2 cm )
Marks:
engraved: center front: "A T M" in script
engraved: on base: "November 10th 1897" in script
Mark: stamped along bottom around periphery four times incuse: "HOWARD & CO."/ "NEW YORK" /"STERLING" / "1896"
Mark: stamped underside of center front foot also
Description:
Cast silver creamer in the Georgian melon pattern; round, squat body with chased lobes decorated with a foliate scroll design; on four cast legs attached to the body with trefoils dropping into paw feet; convex shoulder flared to a scalloped extended pouring lip and rim with applied cast gadrooning; simple, seamed scrolled silver handle; engraved, "A T M" in script on the side front, and "November 10th 1897" in script on the base; makers' marks on base.
Gallery Label:
This creamer was a wedding gift to the donor's parents, Alice Townsend Martin, whose initials are engraved on the service, and Benjamin Brandreth McAlpin, on November 10, 1897.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Townsend M. McAlpin
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
