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Date:
1788
Object Number:
1903.12
Medium:
Silk, paint
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Sugar bowl and creamer
Object Number:
1970.5ab
Date:
ca. 1810
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Part (creamer): 5 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. (14.6 x 12.1 x 6.7 cm)
Part (sugar bowl): 6 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 4 in. (17.1 x 16.5
Marks:
engraved: in the forward reserves: "I C" in script
stamped: on bases: "W. G. Forbes" in a rectangle, in script
Description:
Wrought and seamed silver sugar bowl and creamer; oval, boat-shaped bodies on flared footrings with wheel turned decoration; convex, foliate engraved bands inset between the main bodies and the concave upper bodies with plain rims and die-rolled decorative band below; cast scroll handles with pendent hinged rings on the sugar bowl; cast strap handle on the creamer; oval reserves surrounded by engraved garlands on both sides of the bodies; forward reserves engraved, "I C" in script; maker's marks on the bases.
Gallery Label:
This sugar bowl and creamer was presented to Commodore Isaac Chauncey (1772-1840), who was the commander of naval forces on Lakes Erie and Ontario during the War of 1812 and later was appointed Commandant of the New York Navy Yard (1825-1832).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. Edwin Blake
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
