Creamer
c. 1775-1790
4 1/2 in.
Unidentified,
Object Type:
Decorative Art
Medium and Support:
porcelain
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of the Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library from the Evelyn MacCurdy Salisbury Ceramics Collection
Accession Number:
1978.48
A Chinese export porcelain creamer with narrow mouth and spout. the handle is molded and looped. A spray of flowers decorated the center oval. Roses are scattered about. Thin bands of red and green outline the spout and mouth. It has a domed lid. This creamer was reportedly used by George Washington when he stopped for tea at the MacCurdy house.