Sugar Bowl

Description:

Tapered oval, serpentine-paneled container with inset flared oval lid topped by a ball finial hinged to a wavy-rimmed, tapered collar at center of its flat top. Cast lion's-mask-and-ring handles at ends; applied cast ruffled bands around rim of collar, and at top and bottom of body. Inset flat bottom incised at center underside "10122 / TP1 (underline) / Pl. =". No other marks.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Owned: United States: District of Columbia, Washington

Subject: BeveragesCoffee DrinkingTea Drinking

Subject:

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Gift of Laura Dreyfus-Barney and Natalie Clifford Barney

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.60.1159Catalog Number: 60.1159Accession Number: 152368

Object Name: bowl, sugar

Physical Description: silver plate (overall material)Measurements: overall: 5 in x 4 3/8 in x 3 in; 12.7 cm x 11.1125 cm x 7.62 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-cae0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_301098

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