Andrew Ellicott Warner
Cream Pot
c. 1812
Physical Qualities
Silver, 5 1/4 x 3 3/16 x 2 11/16 in. (13.3 x 8.1 x 6.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.40
An early example of the fully developed Empire style in Baltimore, this oval pitcher depends on bold but balanced ornamentation. The concave shoulder extends into an everted pouring lip balanced by an angular handle and heavy melon gadrooning. The pitcher rests on a rectangular plinth base with ball feet. Quickly machined, bands of milled ornament around the base, waist, and lip were time savers for silversmiths.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD
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. 111, ill.
Inscribed: Monogram "BHD" (?), Maker's Mark on bottom of base "A.E. Warner" / Eagle's head mark Etched onto bottom of base: "I3/VW113"
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Eltonhead Hallway/Case 2
