- Date
- ca. 1760
- Accession number
- 2000.25.230
- Dimensions
- 10 x 9 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (25.4 x 23.5 x 10.8 cm.)
- Medium
- silver
- Description
- Straight-sided, raised body curves to applied, molded, splayed foot; applied, cast gooseneck spout with molded leaf at base and acanthus leaf at top of notched tip; two shaped sockets secure wooden, double c-scroll handle with grip, upper socket joined to body at molded shell extension; joined at lower body by disk and post; cast bird-in-flight finial on stepped, dome cover, hinge affixed to upper scroll handle socket and lid flange; rich repousse scrolls, shells and leaves chased and engraved over body and lid.
- Credit
- The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Peter Emerson Marble
- Department
- American Art
