Cruet

Object Number: 
1937.11b
Date: 
ca. 1850
Medium: 
Sheffield plate, glass
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 3/4 x 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 19.7 x 6.7 x 5.4 cm )
Description: 
Colorless molded-glass cruet bottle with a Sheffield silver-plate spout and handle; cylindrical thirteen-sided body with a narrow neck and sloping shoulders; molded decoration composed of three rows of horizontal bands down the body; applied silver-plate spout over the opening of the bottle that comes to points at the front and back; extended spout, high at the front and back, low at the sides; hinged cover conforms to the shape of the spout, with an applied ball finial; high loop handle applied with an ovoid joint, tapers to a spear-head at the bottom; no maker's mark.
Gallery Label: 
This cruet service descended to the donor through either the Ketchum or Morris families.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Miss Lena Cadwalader Evans
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group