A SILVER CREAM JUG

MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN BAYLY, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1770

Details

A SILVER CREAM JUG
maker's mark of john bayly, philadelphia, circa 1770
Pear-shaped, on three hoof feet, with scroll handle and shaped rim, the base engraved R over WF, marked under base IB incuse
4¼in. high; 4oz.

Exhibited

"Philadelphia Silver 1682-1800," Philadelphia Museum of Art, April-September, 1956, cat. no. 32

Lot Essay

An identical cream jug by Bayly is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Bayou Bend collection, illustrated in Barbara A. Almquist, "A Touch of Class - Silver in Social Settings," Philadelphia Antiques Show Catalogue, 1996, p.22. Almquist notes that the scalloping pattern of the rim is Bayly's unique design for cream jugs.