Unknown American
Sugar Bowl

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Maker Unknown American

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

METALWORK

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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