Antique Silver Cow Creamers

We are pleased to offer a fine range of antique sterling silver cow creamers. All of our antique silver cow creamers can be purchased online, or from our shop in the London Silver Vaults. Please click on an image of a cow creamer to see a larger picture

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	j1265 - Sterling Silver Cow Creamer: Hallmarked in London, 1968 by Richard Comyns, this charming, sterling silver cow creamer measures 6 inches (15cm) from nose to tail, by 4.25 inches (11cm) tall. The cow creamer features flroal decoration on the cover and an applied fly.	£975
	d7404 - Sterling Silver Cow Creamer: Hallmarked in London, 1963 by Heming & Co, this lovely silver cow creamer measures 4 inches (10cm) tall, by 6 inches (15cm) from nose to tail. The cow creamer features realistic engraved decoration.	£1,275
	d9034 - Victorian Sterling Silver Cow Creamer: Hallmarked in Sheffield, 1895, this handsome, antique silver cow creamer, is very plain in style, and measures 5 inches (13cm) from nose to tail, by 4 inches (10cm) tall.	£1,275

More Information On Silver Cow Creamers

Antique sterling silver cow creamers are a Dutch influenced idea, where a cream jug is made to resemble a cow, with milk poured from the mouth, and the curved tail used as a handle. The cow creamer is filled by means of a hinged lid present on its back, often decorated with floral chased work, or applied decoration such as a model of a fly. The idea of these cow creamers is mostly attributed to John Schuppe, a Dutch silversmith who moved to London and entered his mark in 1753, with most creamers being made around the 1760’s. Schuppe’s mark is found almost exclusively on cow creamers, although he was also registered as a plate maker. However there is an earlier example of a silver cow creamer, attributed to David Willaume II, a Huguenot silversmith who worked 20 years before, and up to the same time as Schuppe. Schuppe is still considered to be the specialist in cow creamers however, and examples of his work are rare and highly collectable.

Now considered a quintessential English item, sterling silver cow creamers have been reproduced frequently. Many good 1960’s examples are available from silversmiths such as Comyns, these modern reproductions capturing the character of the originals without imitating the price!

As a side note, one episode from the much loved P.G Wodehouse series of books, Jeeves and Wooster (later televised starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie), played on the rarity of antique silver cow creamers, as Wooster (played by Laurie) was sent to retrieve one after it had been snatched from under his Aunt’s nose by a rival silver collector.