Sugar Bowl
Date1775-1800
MediumBlue glass
DimensionsOH: 5 9/16" (with cover); H: 3" (without cover); OD: 4 1/2" (with cover); D: 4 1/8" (bowl without cover, diameter of body at widest point)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1930-620
DescriptionSugar bowl: blown blue glass sugar bowl with cover; cylindrical body pattern-molded with honeycomb pattern of 4 lateral rows of 11 diamonds over a row of 11 pointed flutes radiating from the base; an applied cylindrical foot of irregular circumference; pontil mark under the foot; the cover pattern-molded with a single row of 11 diamonds and a row of 11 pointed flutes radiating from the swirl-ribbed spire or upside-down teardrop-shaped finial on a wafer; the cover with a bezel and an inset flange pulled to rest on the edge of the body; an interior pontil mark under the finial.ProvenanceSource: McKearin Sale, American Art Association, Inc., Anderson Galleries, New York City, New York
1800-1815
ca. 1765 case; ca. 1740 movement
1769-1774
1760-1780
ca. 1770
ca. 1840
ca. 1825
ca. 1795
ca. 1795
ca. 1795
1740-1750