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Cream Pitcher or Creamer

Maker: Smith and Feltman
Medium: Pewter
Place Made: Albany, New York, USA
Dates: 19th century
Dimensions: 5 5/8 x 5 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. (14.3 x 14.3 x 8.3 cm)
Markings: Impressed on underside, "SMITH & FELTMAN. / ALBANY / 1550"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 27.618
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Samuel Doughty
Image: Overall, 27.618.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue Description: Highly polished pewter cream pitcher (creamer), footed. Cylindrical body divided into eight sections (octagonal in cross section), bulges out at shoulder, tapers as it rises into neck, and then flares out into wide opening with continuous arching spout. Pitcher has attached S-shaped handle with molded decorations and stands on four decoratively molded feet. CONDITION: Good; allover light scratches and pitting; few dark spots of discoloration; one side of spout higher that the other as if bent out of shape.

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