Pitman coin silver cream jug
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height 7 1/8 inches, weight 5.52 Troy ounces, fine condition, monogrammed as shown in third enlargement.
This mark is commonly given to Saunders Pitman, but we are not so certain that it is his. For example, though the Met attributes a cream jug in their collection (accession number 33.120.311) to Saunders, some might consider this attribution to be problematic, since he'd been dead for a good solid forty years when it was made.
Other reasonable possibilities would include John K. Pitman, (1779–1819), or Benjamin Pitman (1800-1866).
While flatware by the Pitman family appears on the market with some frequency, holloware would appear to be scarce.
