L2011.1060.167 Cream Pot; overall
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Cream pot

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Elias Pelletreau (Inspiration for fake)

  • Place of Origin:

  • Materials:

    Silver

  • Museum Object Number:

    2019.0041.167


  • Complete Details



Object Number

2019.0041.167

Object Name

Cream pot

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Wunsch Americana Foundation

Creator (Role)

Elias Pelletreau (Inspiration for fake)
May 31, 1726-November 10, 1810
As per Flynt & Fales, Heritage Foundation Collection, pp. 296-297: Elias Pelletreau was the son of a merchant, Francis and Jane (Osborne) Pelletreau. His mother died when he was eight and his father died when he was eleven. His stepmother, Mary Pelletreau, married Hugh Gelston, a business associate of his father. Between 1748-50 Elias married Sarah Gelston, his stepsister, who died in 1784. He remarried two more times. Elias Pelletreau was a Lieutenant in the militia in 1761 and a Captain in 1765. (L. Clouser, cataloguer, 10/22/2010) See Also: Margaret Hofer, Stories in Sterling: Four Centuries of Silver in New York, (New York Historical Society, 2011), pp. 74-75.

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; ; EP

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

4.30342 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

122 (Weight)

Object Description

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