Collection Highlights
The Lost Cause
Date:
1871
Object Number:
PR.068.19
Medium:
Engraving
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Luce Center
Creamer
Object Number:
1982.13b
Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/8 x 6 x 3 1/4 in. ( 16.2 x 15.2 x 8.3 cm )
Marks:
engraved: front center: "A M K" in script
stamped: on base: "I. T." in a rectangle besides a leopard's head in an oval and a roman "P" in a square
Description:
Wrought silver creamer; oval, boat-shaped body with wide gadrooning around the lower body; seated on a rectangular molded foot with a vertically applied egg and dart footring; chased and repousséd oak-leaf and acorn band applied between the main body and the raised and extended pouring lip with a vertically applied vertically banded rim; cast, dog's head s-scroll handle attached to the upper and lower body with cast c-scroll joints; engraved, "A M K" in script on the front center; maker's marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Robert G. Goelet
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
