Artist/Maker Alexander & Riker (active ca. 1797 - 1798)

Creamer

1797-1798

Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America

Silver

Overall: 8 × 2 7/8 × 5 in. (20.3 × 7.3 × 12.7 cm)

Gift of Robert G. Goelet

1978.2

George Alexander and Henry Riker had a shop at 350 Pearl St. from 1797 to 1798. This parternership was dissolved by mutual consent.

DescriptionWrought silver creamer; urn-shaped body with a high, extended, pointed pouring lip, low sides, and a back rising to a point at the handle juncture; applied, beaded band around the rim; body applied to a circular pedestal on a square base; beading around the body juncture and the base of the pedestal; high-loop strap handle tapers at the high point of the handle, widening and tapering again to a point at the bottom; handle has angular shoulders at the joint with the upper body; wheel turned circular reserve suspended from a bow-knot with bright-cut bell flowers below; reserve engraved, "T L" in bright-cut script; maker's mark on the base.

Markingsengraved: in the reserve: "T L" stamped: on edge of the base: "A & R" in a rectangle

ClassificationsSILVER