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2009-162,3, Cream Pot
Cream Pot
2009-162,3, Cream Pot

Cream Pot

Dateca. 1832
Marked by John Curry (1798 - 1868)
MediumSilver
DimensionsOH: 8 ½" OW handle and lip: 7 3/8" OW belly: 4 ½"
Credit LineGift of Beatrix T. Rumford
Object number2009-162,3
DescriptionSilver cream pot on stepped circular foot; round bowl with applied oak branches and acorns at the belly above engraved initials "ECM"; wide lip with applied gadroon border and floral engraving on the inside rim; scroll handle with acanthus leaves at terminal and mid-joint and roses and acanthus leaves at top.
InscribedEngraved in script "ECM"" for Elizabeth Clifford Morris on her marriage to Samuel Canby
MarkingsMarked in relief "J.CURRY" in serrated rectangle and "PHILA." in serrated rectangle

ProvenanceEach piece is engraved in script "ECM" for Elizabeth Clifford Morris (1813-1892) of Philadelphia, married Samuel Canby (1811-1875) of Wilmington, Delaware on June 25, 1832.