Collection Highlights
Fragment of the equestrian statue of King George III (tail)
Date:
1770-1776
Object Number:
1878.6
Medium:
Lead
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Sugar bowl with lid
Object Number:
1913.10bc
Date:
ca. 1815
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 8 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 19.7 x 21.3 x 11.4 cm )
Silver Weight: 18 oz (troy) 7 dwt (570 g)
Marks:
stamped: on bowl base: "T. RICHARDS." in conforming rectangle
Description:
Wrought silver sugar bowl; ovoid body, gadroons around lower body on a rectangular splayed foot with an applied vertical edge stamped with shells; applied, seamed die-rolled band with a grapevine design below an applied convex shoulder; applied vertical lip stamped with a band of shells; raised ovoid cover with a rectangular gadrooned finial with a band of stamped shells midway; squared silver handles; engraved, "JDBK" in script at the front center of the body; maker's mark stamped on the base.
Gallery Label:
This sugar bowl belonged to Joanna DePeyster Kuypers Van Zandt, the grandmother of the donor.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joanna Kuypers Sluyter
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
