7-1783 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.1022
Description:
Creamer; sterling; oval style; bulbous with oval base; applied reeded handle with stylized shell on top end exterior; horizontal band of half sunflower, wavy lines engraved around top; engraved fluting around base; base touch mark REVERE. Associated maroon bag "San Francisco Jewelers".
Donor:
Hearst Foundation, Inc.
Collection place:
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Verbatim coll. place:
Massachusetts, Boston (U.S. Historic) Made by Paul Revere, Jr., The Patriot 1735-1818
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Maker or artist:
Paul Revere Jr.
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Sterling silver
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Creamers (cream servers) and Creamers (pitchers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1735-1818
Context of use:
Creamer, Federal Period with Heppelwhite motifs; English Georgian influences. Note: same designed creamer sold for $16,500.00 in 1966.
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 7 centimeters and height 15.5 centimeters
Comment:
Sterling; bright-cut engraving; rare shape.
Loans:
S1974-1975 #113: Oregon Historical Society (June 17, 1975–February 28, 1977) and S1981-1982 #27: Wine Museum of San Francisco (December 15, 1981–December 6, 1982)