Littleton Holland
Cream Pitcher
1815-1824
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Littleton Holland
Cream Pitcher
1815-1824
Physical Qualities
Silver, 6 1/8 × 3 1/8 × 5 3/4 in. (15.6 × 7.9 × 14.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. John M. Glenn
Object Number
1932.57.3
A serpent or dolphin handle and animal paw feet mark this cream pot as an example of American Empire silver. Such forms were popular in both Baltimore and Philadelphia. While the paw feet were cast using traditional methods, the running bands of ornament around the waist and base were milled. This cream pot is one of the first pieces of American silver to enter the Museum’s collection.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1932; Mary Wilcox Glenn (1869-1940), Baltimore, MD
AMW Reinstallation 2014
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Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough, "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 100, ill.
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds, "Silver in Maryland", Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1983. p.129, ill.
Markings: on underside, stamped: "LH", Maryland flag, "D", female profile
On View at the BMA
