Collection Highlights
Fire engine condenser case of the Clinton Fire Company No. 41
Date:
ca. 1842
Object Number:
1937.1631
Medium:
Wood, oil paint, gilding
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sugar bowl and creamer
Object Number:
1947.4a-c
Date:
1819-1825
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Part (creamer): 5 3/8 x 6 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. (13.7 x 16.5 x 8.3 cm)
Part (sugar bowl): 8 3/8 x 7 x 4 1/4 in. (21.3 x 17.8
Marks:
engraved: centers of the bodies: "B" in script
stamped: on base of sugar bowl: "C & I. W. FORBES" in a rectangle, twice bewtween two five-pointed stars in circles and an anchor in a rectangle
stamped: on base of creamer: "C & I. W. FORBES" in a rectan
Description:
Wrought silver sugar bowl with lid and creamer; oval, boat-shaped bodies with vertically applied foliate footrings on four hollow cast ball feet; convex bands around the centers of the bodies with applied, die rolled grapevine bands above; vertically applied, foliate band rims; cast, animal head loop handles attached to the upper bodies with acanthus leaf joints; engraved, "B" in script in the centers of the bodies; maker's marks on the bases.
Gallery Label:
This sugar bowl and creamer belonged to Mrs. John Bissell (Martha Coggeshall Holly).
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
