Creamer

1815-1822

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

Silver

Overall: 3 1/8 × 6 3/4 × 6 in., 10 oz (troy) 13.5 dwt (7.9 × 17.1 × 15.2 cm, 332 g)

Bequest of Maria Duane Bleecker Cox

1916.9c

This creamer belonged to the Honorable Samuel Jones (1734-1819), the first Comptroller of the state of New York (1797-1800). The presentation engravings on this sugar bowl and creamer suggest they were initially owned by the Honorable Samuel Jones (1734-1819), the first comptroller of the State of New York and a recorder of the City of New York. Although born on Long Island into a family of Loyalists, he actively supported the Continental Congress and Revolutionary cause, and was a delegate to the 1788 New York State convention that ratified the Constitution. An associate of John Pintard, Jones became an honorary member of the New-York Historical Society in his later years. It is doubtful that the set was made for Jones, who would have been in his eighth decade, and more likely that a descendant, perhaps his son, scratched his family surname on each underside.

DescriptionWrought silver creamer; oval boat-shaped body with gadrooning around the lower body; seated on an oval, stepped and molded pedestal with a band of gadrooning and a vertically applied, stamped foliate band; pedestal on four hollow cast ball feet; lower body flared to a stamped, vertically applied pastoral landscape band, below a convex shoulder; shoulder raised to a wide, extended pouring lip, low at the sides with a foliate stamped band vertically applied around the rim; cast, squared strap handle; engraved on the shoulder, body and foot in the memory of, "Samuel Jones"; maker's mark on the base.

MarkingsInscription: both pieces engraved on shoulder, body and foot: "In memory of Samuel Jones/ Born 26 July 1734 Died 21 November 1819/ Recorder of the City of New York 1789-1797/ First Comptroller of the State of New York/ 15 March 1797 - 12 March 1800/ Bequest of his/ great great granddaughter/ Maria Duane Bleeker Cox" Mark: stampe on bases: "W. B. HEYER" in a rectangle Mark: Both pieces also have scratched name "Jones" incised numerous times on each; sugar bowl has scratch name located at bottom of body, along either side of foot underside, and twice along underside of lid; milk pot has similar scratched name "Jones" at bottom of body.

ClassificationsSILVER