Peter Getz
Cream Pitcher
1786-1796
Physical Qualities
Silver, 6 1/2 × 5 × 3 in. (16.5 × 12.7 × 7.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Jessie Gary Black
Object Number
1949.88
Cream pitcher by Peter Getz, c. 1792. Silver. Helmet-shaped silver creamer with octagonal pedestal base, curved lip and a narrow loop, reeded handle. There is a narrow band of engraved decoration around the mouth. The script monogram "EC" is engraved inside a frame hanging from a bowknot.
Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Jessie Augusta Gary Black (1876-1949), Baltimore, MD
Inscribed: RECTO: Engraved in script on pitcher "EC"
Markings: Marked underneath pitcher "P Getz"
