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Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl
This is a sugar bowl. It is dated ca. 1838 and we acquired it in 1980. Its medium is silver, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was
donated by
Arthur Ross.
It is credited Gift of Arthur Ross.
- Sugar Bowl (Germany), ca. 1930–34
- glass.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisition Endowment.
- 1987-8-4
- Model of the Radcliffe Camera Architectural Model
- wood, gesso, paint, glass.
- Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
- 2014-39-1
Its dimensions are
H x diam.: 17.8 × 9.5 cm (7 in. × 3 3/4 in.)
It has the following markings
On the underside of bowl: [1] A cricket within a lozenge, impressed (countermark, French, 1819-1838) On the base edge of bowl: [1] “G”, star, “A”, over “B” within a lozenge, impressed (maker’s mark) [2] Cérès head in circle, impressed (guarantee mark, French, 1819–1838) [3] Giraffe’s head, impressed (guarantee mark, 1838) Below the rim of the bowl: [1] Michelangelo head facing right with “1” in an octagon, impressed (standard mark, French, 1819–1838). [2] Giraffe’s head, impressed (guarantee mark, 1838) On the underside of lid: [1] Michelangelo head facing right with “1” in an octagon, impressed (standard mark, French, 1819–1838). On the edge of lid: [1] Cérès head in circle, impressed (guarantee mark, French, 1819–1838) [2] Giraffe’s head, impressed (guarantee mark, 1838)
Cite this object as
Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl; France; silver, gold; H x diam.: 17.8 × 9.5 cm (7 in. × 3 3/4 in.); Gift of Arthur Ross; 1980-76-2-a,b
