Bowl, Sugar

Object Name:

Bowl, Sugar

Object ID:

2017.014.021.3

Creator:

Meriden Britannia Company

Place of Origin:

Meriden, CT

Date:

circa 1880

Description:

Sugar bowl, silver. Part of five-piece set owned by Alice Cilley Stone (1849-1934) of Dunbarton, NH, around the time of her marriage in 1881.Oval body on four slim legs. Two squared handles. Domed oval lid has an inner lip to keep it in place. Body has engraved floral and ribbon scrollwork. Each leg extends down from a raised lion's head, ending in a pad foot. Raised medallion on one side and top of each handle, with woman's head (Britannia symbol). Flush medallion on opposite side has engraved script "C". Maker's mark stamped on bottom, "MERIDEN BRITANNIA / COMPANY / 1867".

Material:

Silver

Dimensions:

H-6.7 W-8.7 D-4.2 inches

Provenance:

Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.

The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors.

Credit Line:

Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley

People:

Stone, Alice P. (1849-1934)

Subjects:

Silver services, Sugar, Sugar industry