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Bowl, Sugar

Object Name:
Bowl, Sugar
Object ID:
1984.027.05.4
Creator:
Reed & Barton -- Manufacturer
Place of Origin:
Taunton, MA
Date:
circa 1900
Description:
Sugar bowl, one of a five-piece tea service (1984.027.05.1-.5). Silver plate, and gold wash. Body is square at base and almost fully round at top; it has two loop handles, and four feet. Body of pot is decorated with fluting at each corner and etched floral design on both sides with handles. Top of pot is also decorated with etched floral design and fluting. Handles are cast, and have fluted decoration. Feet are cast with scroll decoration. Single band of beading at widest part of body. Maker's mark on bottom includes an image of a globe with latitude and longitude lines, arrow going through it with two wings on upper end. Stamped below, "MF'D & PLATED BY / REED & BARTON" (double-struck). Below that is stamped "3212" and "GILT". Slight evidence of a gold wash on interior.
Material:
Metal
Silver
Dimensions:
H-4 W-6.5 D-3.8 inches
Provenance:
Associated with the White Memorial Universalist Church (organized 1842), Concord, NH, or the family of Nathaniel and Armenia White, benefactors for whom the Church was renamed in 1885.
Credit Line:
Gift of the White Memorial Universalist Church
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