Creamer Maker: Gorham & Co. (American, active 1852–65)

ca. 1850

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

4 1/8 × 4 × 2 9/16 in., 131 g (10.4 × 10.2 × 6.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Carl R. Kossack, B.S. 1931, M.A. 1933

Accession Number

1985.84.144

Geography

Made in Providence, Rhode Island

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Mr. Kossack purchased this creamer from Jonathan Trace of Putnam Valley, N.Y.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 1985–1987," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 40, no. 2 (Spring 1988), 50
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

creamers

Marks

"GORHAM&CO" [Roman capitals] incuse / lion passant facing left in rectangle with chamfered corners; anchor in square with chamfered corners; "G" [Roman capital] in square with chamfered left corners and rounded right end / and "COIN" [Roman capitals] incuse on bottom; "R" of "GORHAM" broken at top.

Inscriptions

"M.S.C." [crosshatched black (Gothic) capitals; periods] engraved on front.

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