PEDESTAL BASE CREAMER BY WILLIAM WILL
PROBABLY THE MOST DESIRED 18TH CENTURY PEWTER MADE WAS THAT OF WILLIAM WILL. HE SERVED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY AT THE RANK OF LT.COLONEL. HE ALSO SERVED AS THE HIGH SHERIFF OF PHILADELPHIA IN 1781. HIS FORMS WERE OF THE HIGHEST PHILADELPHIA STYLE. MANY OF HIS PEWTER PIECES HAVE SIMILAR COUNTERPARTS IN SILVER. THIS 4/3/4”TALL PEDESTAL BASE SHAPED CREAMER; REFERENCE #218 IN AN AMERICAN PEWTER COLLECTION IS ONE OF THE MOST GRACEFUL TYPES MADE. IT UTILIZES WILL’S SALT FOR THE LOWER HALF OF THE BODY. THE SOLID DOUBLE HANDLE IS BEAUTIFULLY PROPORTIONED. CREAMERS OF THIS TYPE BY WILLIAM WILL HAVE NEVER BEEN FOUND MARKED BY THE MAKER. THE CONDITION IS EXCELLENT. IN A HISTORY OF AMERICAN PEWTER, REVISED & ENLARGED EDITION BY CHARLES MONTGOMERY, ON HIS LIST OF 100 GREAT EXAMPLES OF AMERICAN PEWTER ON PAGE 245 HE SHOWS THIS FORM FOR ITS STYLISTIC ATTRIBUTES.