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Samuel Meriton British
This elegant cream pot has repoussé decoration of flowers and rocaille motifs. It represents the type of high-style silver imported by wealthy Americans and copied by native silversmiths.
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Title: Cream jug
Maker:
Samuel Meriton (British, active from 1739)
Date: 1754–55
Culture: British, London
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Height: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit Line: Bequest of Alphonso T. Clearwater, 1933
Accession Number: 33.120.28
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