Creamer
Myer Myers
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Object Label
VESSELS FOR FASHIONABLE BEVERAGES IN BRITISH AMERICA
As in Spanish America, the consumption of fashionable beverages—tea, coffee, and chocolate—became a fundamental part of socializing in the increasingly prosperous British American colonies. The serving of these exotic beverages required new furniture types such as the tea table (on view nearby), as well as artifacts made of silver or fine pottery such as teapots, coffeepots, chocolate pots, creamers, sugar bowls, flatware, and cups and saucers.
As in Spanish America, the consumption of fashionable beverages—tea, coffee, and chocolate—became a fundamental part of socializing in the increasingly prosperous British American colonies. The serving of these exotic beverages required new furniture types such as the tea table (on view nearby), as well as artifacts made of silver or fine pottery such as teapots, coffeepots, chocolate pots, creamers, sugar bowls, flatware, and cups and saucers.
Caption
Myer Myers (American, 1723–1795). Creamer, ca. 1760. Silver, 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 4 1/2in. (14.6 x 8.9 x 11.4cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 73.47. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Creamer
Date
ca. 1760
Medium
Silver
Classification
Dimensions
5 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 4 1/2in. (14.6 x 8.9 x 11.4cm)
Signatures
no signature
Inscriptions
no inscriptions
Markings
On center of base in small punch: MM
Credit Line
H. Randolph Lever Fund
Accession Number
73.47
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