Creampot
Samuel Casey, American, about 1724 - 1780
about 1760
Silver
Overall: 3 5/8 × 2 3/8 × 4 in. (9.2 × 6 × 10.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchase made possible through the generosity of Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924
M.985.21
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Marked on bottom: S.CASEY [in rectangle]; engraved on bottom, above mark: L*C; engraved on bottom, below mark: L*A; engraved on side, below lip: DCM [C superscript, above *]
Exhibition History
New England Silver at Dartmouth College: A Tribute to Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 3-August 20, 1989, no. 13.
The Rococo Style in New England Silver, Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 13, 2012.
Publication History
Barbara J. MacAdam, New England Silver at Dartmouth College: A Tribute to Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1989, no. 13.
Provenance
Frank L. Harrington, Sr. (1902-1988) and Louise Cronin Harrington (1904-2000), Worcester, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1985.
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