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Still Life

This artfully composed still life of a dessert table evokes the material and aesthetic opulence of dining in a well-to-do Victorian home—the kind of setting in which the flatware exhibited below would have also appeared. Interestingly, the silver cream pitcher and sugar bowl decorated with Grecian motifs closely resemble objects produced by the Reed & Barton company at the time of Morston Ream’s painting.

Artist: Morston Constantine Ream, American, 1840-1898
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dates: 1876
Dimensions: 32 1/16 x 25 7/8 in. (81.4 x 65.8 cm)
Signature: Signed lower left: ""Morston Ream / 76"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 87.139.1
Credit Line: Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Image: Overall, 87.139.1_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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