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Cream Pot

Dateca. 1797

Marked by Isaac Hutton (1766 - 1855)

OriginAmerica, New York, Albany

MediumSilver

DimensionsOH: 6 7/8" OW: 4 7/8" OD: 2 3/4" Weight 6 oz. 10 dwt.

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1964-276

DescriptionUrn-shaped body with applied beaded molding along rim of body and high-curved spout with a band of prick-engraving below; double-grooved high-looped handle; splayed circular foot with beading at shoulder on a square plinth base with prick-engraved edging.
Label TextThe monogram “EVE” on this pieces refers to Elizabeth Van Rensselaer (1771–98).
InscribedCypher "EVR" engraved on face of body opposite handle for Elizabeth Van Rensselaer (1771-98)
MarkingsMaker's marks "HUTTON" and "ALBANY" in block letters within rectangles on opposite sides of the foot.
ProvenanceThe original bill for this cream pot and the covered sugar dish (1964-277) from Isaac Hutton to Peter Edmund Elmendorf II, Elizabeth Van Rensselaer's husband, dated March 10, 1797, is in the Sanders Papers, The New York Historical Society and is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue of the Glen-Sanders Collection, fig. 33.
Vendor: Robert H. Palmiter