Bowl, Sugar
- Object Name:
- Bowl, Sugar
- Object ID:
- 1979.055.16
- Date:
- circa 1790
- Description:
- Sugar Bowl. Silver. Urn-shaped body on pedestal base, with removable lid. Decorated with beading and engraved chain decoration. Base is square with circular step up. Lid has tall cone-shaped finial. Bowl has floral swag engraving and bright cut design, with medallion bearing script initials "SMD." No maker's mark seen.
A. Base
B. Lid - Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-9.785 Dia-4.125 inches
- Provenance:
- From donor's notes: "Coin Silver Urn shaped Sugar Bowl. Given to Mary Jane [Kent] by her friend Mary Ann Downing of Concord, N.H., [a]nd initialed "L.M.D. (sic, should be S.M.D)".
Mary Ann Downing (1826-1903) was the daughter of Lewis Downing (1792-1873) of the Abbot-Downing Co. The initials on the sugar bowl may be those of Lewis Downing's mother or father, Samuel (1757-) and Susanna (1764-1843) Downing. - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Louise Thomas Blanding
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