Cream Pot

Date1790-1791

Maker Henry Chawner

MediumSilver (Sterling); Gold (Silver-gilt)

DimensionsOH: 6 1/8" (15.6 cm); OL: 5 11/16" (14.4 cm); L. (base): 3 3/16" (8 cm.); W (base): 2 3/16" (5.5 cm).

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1958-459

DescriptionCream Pot. Gilt-lined body of helmet form and of shaped oval plan with applied molding at rim and alternate plain sections and ones chased with vertical fluting; plain body sections engraved below rim with border of running foliate design; triangular pouring lip with engraved border on face below applied molding at edge let in at rim opposite high-arched loop handle of D-section with ribbed face soldered at rim and to lower part of body; body supported on pedestal foot flaring to large base of shaped oval plan with engraved border and sectioning. Crest of Piggot family engraved on face of base.
Label TextFrom about 1775, most cream pots or jugs in the Adam taste are of this tall helmet form with a high arched loop handle. This example matches in shape and decorative engraving--and was acquired with--a teapot, coffeepot, and sugar basket (CWF accessions 1958-458, 1958-456, and 1958-457), all of the same year and engraved with the Piggot family crest.
InscribedCrest of the Piggot family engraved on exterior of base
MarkingsFully marked on underside of base (maker's mark "HG" in block letters within a rectangle, leopard's head crowned, lion passant, and date letter on underside of base.
ProvenanceGarrard & Co. Ltd., London.