Object Number 1961.0618

Object Name

Cream pot (Creamer)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Bancroft Woodcock (Silversmith)
1732-1817
As per Fennimore, Delaware Silver, p. 313: "Bancroft Woodcock is arguably Delaware's best known and most celebrated silversmith."

Place of Origin

Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside, center; "B·W" with a pellet, stamped in a rectangle with wavy edges
2. Inscription; Body, exterior. side; " SM" engraved

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Wrought, Cast, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

4.134 (H) , 4.291 (L) , 1.85 (W) , 5.2205 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

10.5 (H) , 10.9 (L) , 4.7 (W) , 148 (Weight)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: p. 476, no. 509
[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on maker and example marks, p. 454, fig. b
[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. & Bartlett, Louisa D. 2008 Delaware Silver the Col. Kenneth P. & Regina I. Brown Collection. 355 p.
• Information on maker, p. 348