Sugar Bowl

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Sugar Bowl
Datec. 1830–1850
Made inBaltimore, Maryland, United States
MediumSilver
Dimensions9 × 6 3/4 in. diameter (22.9 × 17.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of William J. Hill in honor of Michael K. Brown
Object numberB.93.12.A,.B
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Metals Study Room
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionThe product of an unknown Baltimore silversmith, this sugar bowl demonstrates that city’s taste for silver extensively decorated with panoramic scenes of romantic and fanciful landscapes.
ProvenanceCarroll family, Mount Clare, Baltimore; descended in the Shippen and Schenck families to Mary Shippen Schenck Sagendorph; [Pillsbury and Michel, Houston]; William J. Hill (1934–2018), Houston; given to MFAH, 1993.
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