id:			119311
accession number:	1940.219
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.219
updated:		2025-09-30 11:08:40.944000

Cream Jug, 1740–1750. Jacob Hurd (American, 1702–1758). Silver; with handle: 9.9 x 8.8 cm (3 7/8 x 3 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Hollis French 1940.219

title:				Cream Jug
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creation date:			1740–1750
creation date earliest:		1740
creation date latest:		1750
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creditline:			Gift of Hollis French
copyright:			

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culture:	America, Massachusetts, Boston, 18th century
technique:	silver
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Silver
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CREATORS

* Jacob Hurd (American, 1702–1758)  - fabricated by

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measurements: with handle: 9.9 x 8.8 cm (3 7/8 x 3 7/16 in.)
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	inscription:	engraved:  coat of arms on front of body, underneath spout, and ECP (later) in script on bottom.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of French, English, and American Silver in Honor of Russell A. Plimpton
	opening date:   1956-06-10T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of French, English, and American Silver in Honor of Russell A. Plimpton</i>. Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (organizer) (June 10-July 15, 1956).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Hollis French, Annisquam, MA.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Foote, Helen. "A Collection of Early American Silver Gift of Hollis French." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>27, no. 9 (November 1940): 131-142.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 135; Reproduced: back cover
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25140882

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 326
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n64

	Johnston, Phillip M. <em>Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 80
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