Creamer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1789
notes: label: Description
content: Raised circular urn-shape cream pitcher with high-loop, tapered strap handle on a flared or trumpet-shape pedestal atop a flat square base with applied sides. Front of body is engraved with a pointed shield from which spring wrigglework scrolls holding pendant swags of drapery and bright-cut leafy garlands; two crossed branches below. Applied beading at curved rim with wide pouring lip. Front side of base is struck "I•V" in raised roman letters in a wide shield, flanked by pseudo hallmarks of an eagle-in-tree motif and the letter "P", both in scalloped-top squares. Pedestal underside is scratched "oz / 7 10". No centerpunch.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Arthur Michael
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.383592
label: catalog number
content: 383592
label: accession number
content: 162866
objectType: label: Object Name
content: creamer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/4 in x 5 1/4 in x 3 1/8 in; 18.415 cm x 13.335 cm x 7.9375 cm