Sugar Bowl

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Collection Type

Decorative arts

Date

1740-1770

GUSN

GUSN-8408

Description

Round pewter sugar bowl with outflared rim and three short cabriole legs with paw feet.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sugar bowls
casting (process)
pewter (tin alloy)
soldering
tin alloy
Cast
Soldered
Pewter
Bowl, Sugar

Inscription

Stamped on bottom underside: [touchmark; not clearly marked; could be LONDON]

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1 3/4 x 3 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.611

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