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Sugar Bowl

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1820-1827

GUSN

GUSN-66934

Description

Circular base supports rounded body; C-scroll handles; acorn finial.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sugar bowls
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
silver (metal)
acanthus (motif)
acorn
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
Silver
Acanthus
Beaded
Acorn
BOWL, SUGAR

Inscription

Engraved: To/Captain Thomas Bennett/Presented by the Passengers in/the Packet Ship New York./ October 1827./As a mark of their esteem. Struck (?): B. GARDINER

Additional Identification Number

1930.758A A

Maker

Gardiner, Baldwin, 1814-1846 (Silversmith)

Location of Origin

New York, NY, USA

Dimensions

9 x 8 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1930.758A

Places

New York state (United States)

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