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Collections: Decorative Arts: Creamer, from Three Piece Coffee Service, Heirloom Line

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Creamer, from Three Piece Coffee Service, Heirloom Line

Manufacturer: Niagra Falls Silver Co., a Division of Oneida Silversmiths, 1877 to present
Medium: Silverplate, wood
Place Manufactured: Sherrill, New York, USA
Dates: ca. 1955
Dimensions: 4 1/4 x 5 x 2 7/8 in. (10.8 x 12.7 x 7.3 cm)
Markings: Impressed on underside: "HEIRLOOM / EP [within triangle]"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 2003.11.3
Credit Line: Gift of Jewel Stern
Image: Overall, 2003.11.3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue Description: "Heirloom" silverplate creamer with wood handle. Creamer has flat, ovoid base, slightly bulging body, and undulating top edge with pulled spout; opposing handle is a wooden cylinder that tapers in at center, joined to body with curved metal struts that cap the top and bottom ends of handle. CONDITION: Good, some light scratches.

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