Cream Jug
Maker
Benjamin Burt
(1729-1805)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1765
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 x 4 x 1 3/4 in. (8.9 x 10.2 x 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.821
Not on view
DescriptionSilver cream jug.Label TextBurt Benjamin American, Boston (1729-1805) Cream Jug, ca. 1765 Silver Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.821 It was during the mid-eighteenth century that the English began to mix cream and sugar in their tea, and the custom was soon adopted in the American colonies. The earliest examples of creamers were very simple, and it was not until the late eighteenth century that matching tea sets of teapots, creamers, and sugar bowls or baskets became fashionable. Exhibition History"Silver from the Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Decorative Arts Gallery, September 16, 1993-February 11, 1994. "Treasures for the Table; Silver from the Chrysler Museum," 6/15-8/6/1989. Published ReferencesEssays by David Revere McFadden, entries by Mark A. Clark. TREASURES FOR THE TABLE: SILVER FROM THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM. Hudson Hills Press, New York, In Assocation with The American Federation of Arts and The Chrysler Museum. 1989: p. 102, no. 63.
