Bowl, Sugar
- Object Name:
- Bowl, Sugar
- Object ID:
- 1956.016
- Creator:
- Wishart, Hugh (1766-1840) -- Silversmith
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1817
- Description:
- Sugar Bowl with Cover. Silver. Rounded rectangular body and base on ball feet. Ring handles drop from the lion's head bosses. Foliate shields inscribed "1817" and monogram "HFG" in script lettering. Engraved bands on shoulder of twisted ribbon with rosettes and a flat ribbon enclosing alternating panels of roses and lattice work with corner rosettes. Mark on long side of base, "H.WISHART" within a rectangle. Also an eagle with wings spread in a circle.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-8.5 W-7.1 D-4 inches
- Provenance:
- Originally owned by Harriet F. Gardner (1799-1866) of Newport, RI. She was the great- grandmother of Harriet M. Spaulding (1876-1954), the wife of Huntley N. Spaulding (1869-1955). Bequest of Huntley N. Spaulding, Governor of New Hampshire, 1927-1929, and President of the New Hampshire Historical Society, 1937-1954.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Huntley N. Spaulding
- People:
- Gardner, Harriet F. (1799-1866), Wishart, Hugh (1766-1840), Spaulding, Harriet M. (1876-before 1955), Spaulding, Huntley N. (1869-1955)
- Subjects:
- Silver
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