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Cream Jug
Marked by: Paul de Lamerie (Dutch (active in England) 1688–1751)
English
about 1735
Medium/Technique
Silver, gilt
Dimensions
Overall: 10.2 x 12.7 x 7 cm (4 x 5 x 2 3/4 in.)
Weight: 5 oz (156g)
Weight: 5 oz (156g)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.93
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver-gilt
Silver
Silver
DescriptionOval bombe-shaped body stands on four scroll feet with wavy rim. The sides and rim engraved with diaperwork. Scroll handle issues from an appplied shell. One side of the body engraved with an unidentified crest.
Marks
Maker's mark of Paul de Lamerie struck 4 times on base (thrice indistinctly), one foot also struck with French 20th-century import control mark.
InscriptionsThe crest of a stag trippant, pertains to a number of famlies.
ProvenanceMarch 26, 1975, sold by an anonymous owner at Christie's, London, lot 188. Hilmar Reksten, Bergen, Norway; May 22, 1991, sold by Hilmar Reksten at Christie's, London, lot 61, where most probably bought by Alan and Simone Hartman, New York, NY; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman. (Accession date: February 21, 2001)