John Chalmers
Cream Pitcher
1779
Physical Qualities
Silver, 6 3/4 × 3 1/8 × 4 3/8 in. (17.1 × 7.9 × 11.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.8
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD by purchase, May 26, 1923-1933; Mr. Magnin, 1923.
Maryland HIstorical Society, "A Gardener's Tale: The Eighteenth Century World of Annapolis Silversmith Wiliam Faris", March 25, 2005-November 26, 2005.
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 40, ill.
Inscribed: Engraved in feather script on obverse of pitcher "[TCSW?]"
Markings: Etched underneath pitcher's base "VW 167" Marked on side of base: "C"
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Haberdeventure Parlor
