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2022-183, Cream Jug
Cream Pot
2022-183, Cream Jug

Cream Pot

Dateca.1795-1819
Attributed to Parks Boyd
MediumPewter
DimensionsHeight: 5 1/2"; Width: 5 5/16"; Maximum diameter; 2 1/2"
Credit LineGift of Scott and Debra Duncan
Object number2022-183
DescriptionPewter cream pot with an inverted pear-shaped body topped by a beaded rim and an everted pouring lip, standing on a moulded, round foot with a beaded rim. Broken scroll handle with a scrolled lower terminal.
Label TextMade by one of Philadelphia's most talented pewtersmiths, this unmarked cream pot is attributed to Parks Boyd through its intriguing relationship to three other pewter forms. The mold used to cast the component which forms the body, from its widest point to the bottom of the foot, is the same used to cast the salt cellars also attributed to Boyd. Cinching the deal is a rare flagon marked by Boyd, which cleverly uses a section cast from this mold as a pouring spout. Further linking all three forms are their mechanically beaded edges, created with a special tool known to have been employed by the best Philadelphia pewterers of the era.
InscribedBottom scratched "406," likely a collection or inventory number.
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