Collection Highlights
Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.5
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Creamer
Object Number:
1986.14
Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 9 x 4 1/2 in. ( 23.5 x 22.9 x 11.4 cm )
Marks:
Mark: stamped on base: "P. Chitry" in a rectangle with rounded ends, in script
Mark: stamped on base: pseudo hallmarks, "8" in an oval, crowned lion passant in an oval, crwned leopard's head in a shield
engraved: on front: "H" in bright-cut script
Description:
Wrought silver creamer; oval in plan with gadrooning around the lower body; upper body flares to chased and repousséd decorative band of scallops and flowers; seamed and incurved neck flares at the pouring rim, low at the sides and high at the handle and lip; applied foliate band around the rim; on an oval stepped base with die-rolled, applied foliate band around the vertical footring; c-curve hollow handle, made in vertical halves, circular in section, swelling towards a crimped center, with bulbous thumbpieces, a single upper terminal and a double lower terminal; plain, bright-cut engraved, "H" (for Hendricks) in the front center; maker's marks on the base.
Gallery Label:
Descended in the Hendricks family of New York.
Credit Line:
Gift of Robert G. Goelet
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
