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Creamer
William Ellis Tucker Porcelain Factory (active 1826–1838)
1826–1838
Object Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Medium/Technique
Glazed hard-paste porcelain with underglaze decoration and gilding
Dimensions
Overall: 18.1 x 19.1 x 11.4 cm (7 1/8 x 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Frank B. Bemis Fund and William Francis Warden Fund
Accession Number2015.2148
CollectionsAmericas
DescriptionSmall creamer with painted eagle holding an olive branch and American flag, with gilded band at rim. This shape is listed in theTucker Pattern Book 2 as no. 9 the “Walker shape.”
ProvenanceJesse Goldberg of Artemis Gallery, North Salem, NY; 2015, sold by Goldberg to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 24, 2015)