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Sugar Dish 1964-277
Sugar dish & cover
Sugar Dish 1964-277

Sugar dish & cover

Dateca. 1797
Marked by Isaac Hutton (1766 - 1855)
OriginAmerica, New York, Albany
MediumSilver
DimensionsDish: OH: 7 1/2" OW: 5 3/4" OD:4 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1964-277,A&B
DescriptionCast urn-on-flange finial with screw attachment to domed cover of oval plan; urn-shaped body of oval plan with beaded molding applied at cover opening above inclined concave shoulder; tall splayed foot of oval plan on conforming base of larger size. Prick-engraving around edge of cover, below beaded molding, on face of body below shoulder, and on face of foot above base.
Label TextThe monogram “EVE” on these pieces refers to Elizabeth Van Rensselaer (1771–98).
Inscribed"EVE" engraved on face of body for Elizabeth Van Rensselaer (1771-98)

IB scratched on underside of bowl under base
MarkingsMaker's marks "HUTTON" and "ALBANY" in block letters within rectangles on opposide faces of foot ring. Cover unmarked.
ProvenanceThe original bill for this sugar dish and the cream pot (1964-276) from Isaac Hutton to Peter Edmund Elmendorf II, Elizabeth Van Rensselaer's husband, dated March 10, 1797, is in the Sanders Papers, The New York Historical Society and is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue of the Glen-Sanders Collection, fig. 33. This sugar bowl and cover in all probability is "a sugar cup" in the "List of Articles Brought in the family by Maria /Elmendorf/ Sanders, Married Peter Sanders 1824" and the "1" /Silver/ Sugar Bowl /Solid/ Marked E.V.R. " and the "1 Sugar Bowl marked EVR" in the bills of sale of 1874. (see appended copies of documents) This piece, then, would have the same line of descent from Maria Elmendorf to Jane Livingstone Ten Broeck Sanders as the other pieces appearing in these lists.