Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sugar bowl with lid
Object Number:
1982.13a.1-2
Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 8 3/8 x 4 3/8 in. ( 19.7 x 21.3 x 11.1 cm )
Marks:
engraved: front center: "A M K" in script
stamped: on base: "I. T." in a rectangle beside a leopard's head in an oval and a roman "P" in a square
Description:
Wrought silver sugar bowl with lid; oval, boat-shaped body with wide gadrooning around the lower body; seated on a rectangular molded foot with a vertically applied egg and dart footring; chased and repousséd oak-leaf and acorn band applied between the main body and the convex shoulder; vertically applied vertically banded rim; rectangular lid, flat at the edges with a raised rectangular platform in the center surmounted by an acorn finial; two cast, dog's head s-scroll handles attached to the upper and lower body with cast c-scroll joints; engraved, "A M K" in script on the front center; maker's marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Robert G. Goelet
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.






