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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Silver, Room 67, The Whiteley Galleries

Creamer

1876-1877 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Creamer, (part of a three piece tea service). Narrow urn-shaped body, with engraved decoration sililar to the teapot and sugar bowl and bearing the same crest. Gilt interior.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silver parcel gilt, inside gilt, outside partly gilt, raised with cast handle and lid
Brief description
Silver, parcel-gilt, London hallmarks for 1876-7, mark of Edward, John and William Barnard.
Physical description
Creamer, (part of a three piece tea service). Narrow urn-shaped body, with engraved decoration sililar to the teapot and sugar bowl and bearing the same crest. Gilt interior.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.8cm
  • Length: 6.8cm
  • Width: 5.3cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • On the base: maker J EBW J for Edward, John & William Barnard, sterling, leopard head, date letter A (1876-77), “x”, “335”, scratched “1872”
  • Crest - a Gryphon / Eagle’s head holding an implement (arrow?) in its mouth. (Unidentified)
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
M.26B-1981

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Record createdMarch 3, 2004
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