Cream Pot
Dateca. 1973-1980
Maker
William Lawrence deMatteo
1923 - 1988
MediumSilver
DimensionsHeight: 3 3/4"; Width across handle and spout: 3 1/2"
Credit LineGift of Charlotte Mathey
Object number2023-2,3
DescriptionCream pot having a raised baluster-shaped body with a molded rim, let in with a triangular spout for pouring, and set a top a molded, straight sided foot ring. Its cast double-scroll handle has a curled thumb spur, a forked lower terminal, and is soldered to body.Label TextTaking the form of a plain but fashionable British cream pot of the mid eighteenth century, this vessel was made at the James Geddy Silversmith Shop, then under the supervision of Master Silversmith William deMatteo.Mark(s)Bottom struck with "I•G", "deM", and "STERLING", all in relief within rectangles, in addition to "HANDWROUGHT", in incuse.
ca. 1950
1958; In the style of 1740-1770
1969
1950s