Cream Pitcher

• Artist: Tiffany & Company (Maker)
• Medium: Silver
• Geographical Location: New York, New York, USA
• Dates: ca. 1868
• Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 5 3/8 x 4 in. (14.6 x 13.7 x 10.2 cm)
• Markings: Stamped on bottom: "Tiffany & Company / 1516 / M Quality 925-1000 M / 2740 / 550 Broadway"
• Signature: no signature
• Inscriptions: Inscribed on body on one side of pitcher: "Presented to / Peter B. Anderson / by the / Old Dominion Steamship Co. / 1868." Inscribed on the opposite side: a large paddle wheel steamboat.
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5H27, 6B
• Accession Number: 71.144.5
• Image: 71.144.5_right.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, Nov 30, 2003

Catalogue Description:
Silver cream pitcher, part of a five-piece service. Globular body with modified Greek key band around the mid-section, bead on underside of rim, vertical handle with high arched top. CONDITION: Three dents in body of pitcher.