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Sugar Bowl

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1840-1850

GUSN

GUSN-58241

Description

Octagonal pewter sugar bowl with a stepped base, a bulbous body, a lid with a finial, and black scrolled handles.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sugar bowls
casting (process)
pewter (tin alloy)
Bowl, Serving
Bowl, Sugar
Bowl, Sugar

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Leonard Reed & Barton (Maker)

Location of Origin

Taunton, MA, USA

Dimensions

6 3/8 x 8 x 5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.4055

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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