Collections: Decorative Arts: Creamer

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Creamer

• Maker: Nicholas Roosevelt, American, 1715-1769
• Medium: Silver
• Place Made: New York, New York, USA
• Dates: 1750-1760
• Dimensions: 4 1/4 x 4 3/8 x 3 1/8in. (10.8 x 11.1 x 7.9cm) Weight: 4.75 oz. (147.1 g)
• Markings: Stamped on bottom, in oval: "N.R" Engraved in block letters on bottom, around mark: "H V W A"
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 1993.114.1
• Credit Line: Gift of Wunsch Americana Foundation, Inc. in honor of Dianne H. Pilgrim
• Image: Overall, 1993.114.1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
Nicholas Roosevelt (American, 1715-1769). Creamer, 1750-1760. Silver, 4 1/4 x 4 3/8 x 3 1/8in. (10.8 x 11.1 x 7.9cm) Weight: 4.75 oz. (147.1 g). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Wunsch Americana Foundation, Inc. in honor of Dianne H. Pilgrim, 1993.114.1 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1993.114.1.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Silver creamer; pear-shaped body with serrated rim and short pouring lip; three cast, cabriole legs with shell-shaped juncture and shell feet; double scroll handle, slight grip, handle forked at terminal. CONDITION: Normal wear and scratches. Foot below handle pushed into body; old break repaired with solder lower right; foot slightly bent. Long dent to left of this shell juncture; several small dents to body to right. Foot on front of pitcher has been broken and repaired with solder; dent to left of shell juncture; another dent to right of shell juncture on third foot. Pouring lip very slightly dented. Tiny dent to right of handle juncture.