Still Life
Morston Constantine Ream
American Art
This artfully composed still life of a dessert table evokes the material and aesthetic opulence of dining in a well-to-do Victorian home—the kind of setting in which the flatware exhibited below would have also appeared. Interestingly, the silver cream pitcher and sugar bowl decorated with Grecian motifs closely resemble objects produced by the Reed & Barton company at the time of Morston Ream’s painting.
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
1876
DIMENSIONS
32 1/16 x 25 7/8 in. (81.4 x 65.8 cm)
SIGNATURE
Signed lower left: ""Morston Ream / 76"
ACCESSION NUMBER
87.139.1
CREDIT LINE
Dick S. Ramsay Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
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