Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Creamer
Object Number:
1913.10d
Date:
ca. 1815
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. ( 16.5 x 8.9 x 17.1 cm )
Silver Weight: 10 oz (troy) 5 dwt (318 g)
Marks:
stamped: on base: "T. RICHARDS." in conforming rectangle
Description:
Wrought silver creamer; ovoid body, gadroonsaround lower body on a rectangular splayed foot with an applied vertical edge stamped with shells; applied, seamed die-rolled band with a grapevine design below an applied concave shoulder; raised flared rim with a band of stamped shells along the edge and a short pouring spout; squared silver handle; engraved, "JDBK" in script at the front center of the body; maker's mark stamped on the bowl base.
Gallery Label:
This creamer belonged to Joanna DePeyster Kuypers Van Zandt, the grandmother of the donor.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joanna Kuypers Sluyter
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
