Collection Highlights
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Date:
ca. 1906
Object Number:
PR.042.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sugar bowl with cover
Object Number:
Z.691
Date:
1835-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 14 x 12.1 x 12.1 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass sugar bowl and cover; octagonal bowl with flared rim on circular pedestal base; four scrolled decorations on stippled ground; octagonal domed cover with ogee-curved sides with flared flower-shaped finial; panels decorated with feather motifs (on outside of cover) and diamond lozenges (on inside of cover); difference in decoration, color, and poor fit suggest that bowl and cover may not be mates.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
