Collections: Decorative Arts: Creamer, Part of Three-Piece Set

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Creamer, Part of Three-Piece Set

• Maker: Pelletreau, Bennet & Cooke (Maltsby Pelletreau, John Bennett, D.C.)
• Medium: Silver
• Place Made: New York, USA
• Dates: 1826-1828
• Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 7 x 4 in. (19.0 x 17.8 x 10.2 cm)
• Markings: Stamped on bottom: "PB&C / N-YORK" (each in rectangle)
• Inscriptions: Monogram engraved in script on front: "DJW"
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is not on view
• Accession Number: 1995.151.2
• Credit Line: Gift of Marcelle H. Littell
• Image: Overall, 1995.151.2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
Pelletreau, Bennet & Cooke (Maltsby Pelletreau, John Bennett, D.C.). Creamer, Part of Three-Piece Set, 1826-1828. Silver, 7 1/2 x 7 x 4 in. (19.0 x 17.8 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcelle H. Littell, 1995.151.2 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1995.151.2.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Silver creamer. Ovoid body sits on stepped oval pedestal base with die-rolled band of a guilloche of leaves surrounding flowers at bottom of foot. Body is lobed in lower section and has a die-rolled band of scrolls and flowers at shoulder; above this, body is concave before flaring to rim that curves upward to spout and upper handle juncture; rim ornamented with narrow die-rolled band matching foot band. Double-scrolled handle with scrolled thumb grip. Monogram in script on front: "DJW". CONDITION: Small dents on most lobes with slightly deeper dents on three lobes under spout.