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1875-1880
GUSN-629
Ovoid body with flat bottom, concave neck. Handles, square in cross-section, with LaTien scroll motif on angular C-shaped handle. Round medallion with lion's head at top of handle with floral drop emerging from lion's mouth and continuing down handle. 4 paw feet with same drop and an inverted teardrop. Engraved palm sprays and florets on body.
sugar bowls
engraving (printing process)
silver (metal)
plate (material)
fleuron (motifs)
Maltese crosses
palm leaf
Silver
Stipple Engraved
Medallion
Tree
Floret
Cross
BOWL, SUGAR
Engraved on bottom: Rogers, Smith & Co. New Haven Pat. Applied for 1877
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Rogers, Smith & Co. (Silversmith)
New Haven, CT, USA
6.25 (H) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.696.4
Connecticut (United States)
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