Creamer

Artist:James W. Tufts

Medium: Silverplate

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Dates:ca. 1885

Dimensions: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (10.8 x 14 x 5.7 cm)

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Accession Number: 2007.10.5

Catalogue Description:
Aesthetic Movement silverplate creamer. Flattened oval shaped bowl raised on four canted triangular legs terminating in circular feet with rosettes at center. Verso and recto of body engraved with identical asymmetrical stylized flower on illusionistic woven ground in conforming reserve; rectangular mouth with flared rectangular lip, decorated with floral band. Triangular spout opposite C-shaped open scroll handle with rosette at join to body and spherical thumb-rest. Condition: Good, with normal wear.

Brooklyn Museum