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Cream pot (Cream jug)
Saunders Pitman
1790-1804
Category
Metals
Creator/Artist/Maker
Saunders Pitman (Maker)
Place of Origin
Providence; Rhode Island; Providence; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Silver
Museum Object Number
1979.0193
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Marshall P. Blankarn
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Complete Details
Object Number
1979.0193
Object Name
Cream pot (Cream jug)
Category
Metals
Creator (Role)
Saunders Pitman (Maker)
Place of Origin
Providence; Rhode Island; Providence; New England; United States; North America
Date
1790-1804
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Base, underside, corner
Inscription: "PITMAN" stamped in a serrated rectangle
Type: Inscription
Location: Body, front, below pouring lip
Inscription: "FMR" engraved
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Silver
Techniques
- Engraved
- Wrought
Dimensions (inches)
7.913 (H) x 2.677 (W) x 5.118 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
20.1 (H) x 6.8 (W) x 13 (L)
Dimensions (oz)
5.8555
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: p. 147, no. 104Book: Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on the maker and examples of marks, p. 338.Book: Flynt, Henry N. & Fales, Martha Gandy. 1968 The Heritage Collection of Silver: With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. 391 p.
• Information on Saunders Pitman, p. 300