Collection Highlights
New York City Hall, front elevation
Date:
1802
Object Number:
PR.040.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Creamer
Object Number:
1939.217e
Date:
1829-41
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 21 x 19.7 x 13.3 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: engraved on front: "Jane Borrowe/ from/ Ann Colt" in script
Mark: stamped on base: "G. BOYCE" in a conforming rectangle over "N. Y." in a conforming rectangle
Description:
Wrought silver creamer; plain conical body with a concave shoulder, and an applied, raised neck with scalloped and gadrooned pouting rim; extended, narrow pouring lip; seated on a round scalloped and gadrooned base with a round gadrooned pedestal; a cast, in vertical halves, scrolled handle with a plain band below the thumbpiece; engraved, "Jane Borrowe/ from/ Ann Colt" in script on the front; maker's mark on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Effie Beekman Borrowe
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
