Charles Louis Boehme
Cream Pot
c. 1800
Physical Qualities
Silver, 5 3/8 x 2 11/16 x 1 7/8 in. (13.7 x 6.8 x 4.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.54
More elaborate than the simple helmet-shaped pitchers nearby, this cream pot has a fluted oval body, concave shoulder, and an angular strap handle. It is engraved with a band of flower baskets and arabesques alternating with concentric circles enclosing six-pointed stars. An engraved band of foliage encircles the base.
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. 84, ill.
Inscribed: Monogram etched on side: "F"
Markings: stamped on underside: "Boehme", indecipherable stamp etched on underside: V W / 143
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Eltonhead Hallway/Case 2
