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An identical cream jug by Pelletreau is in the Garvan Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery (illustrated in Kathryn C. Buhler & Graham Hood, American Silver, 1970, fig. 671, p. 110).
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A SILVER CREAM JUG
MAKER'S MARK OF ELIAS PELLETREAU, SOUTHAMPTON, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1755
Inverted pyriform, on spreading circular foot, with assymetrical twisted scroll handle and punched reeded rims, the front engraved P over D*E, marked--5 3/8in. high
(5 oz. 10 dwt.)
MAKER'S MARK OF ELIAS PELLETREAU, SOUTHAMPTON, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1755
Inverted pyriform, on spreading circular foot, with assymetrical twisted scroll handle and punched reeded rims, the front engraved P over D*E, marked--5 3/8in. high
(5 oz. 10 dwt.)