Parks Boyd
Sugar Bowl

Sugar Bowl

Public Domain

Sugar Bowl
MakerAmerican, 1771/72–1819, active c. 1797–1819
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Sugar Bowl
Datec. 1797–1819
Made inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumPewter
Dimensions4 3/4 × 4 5/8 in. diameter (12.1 × 11.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of the family of Dr. James J. Butler in memory of Michael K. Brown
Object numberB.2013.31.A,.B
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Metals Study Room
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

This sugar bowl signals the arrival of neoclassicism with its discreet beaded detail that the pewterer probably added to the mold.

Related examples: Winterthur Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


ProvenanceDr. and Mrs. James J. Butler, Houston; given to MFAH, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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1993
Gelatin silver print
2018.436
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1949, printed later
Gelatin silver print
98.584
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Gelatin silver print
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1942, printed later
Gelatin silver print
2015.210
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August 1942, printed 1976
Gelatin silver print
76.412
Storefront Women in Harlem
Gordon Parks
Storefront Women in Harlem
1952
Gelatin silver print
91.1293
[Stokely Carmichael Lecturing]
Gordon Parks
[Stokely Carmichael Lecturing]
1967, printed 2022
Inkjet print
2023.281
[Stokely Carmichael Playing Pool]
Gordon Parks
[Stokely Carmichael Playing Pool]
1967, printed 2022
Inkjet print
2023.280