Lyman, Fenton & Co.
Sugar Bowl

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Sugar Bowl
Datec. 1849–1858
Made inBennington, Vermont, United States
MediumLead-glazed earthenware (flint enamel ware)
Dimensions8 1/2 × 6 1/4 × 5 5/8 in. (21.6 × 15.9 × 14.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.57.51.A,.B
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Ceramics Study Room
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

The paneled form that was so popular at mid-century in both glass and ceramics was frequently used by the Fenton factory for tea and coffee serving equipment. The form is either plain or ornamented with a raised band around the neck (see B.57.50  and B.57.51). While creamers and coffee urns came only in one size, sugar bowls, teapots, and coffeepots were made in several sizes. The items were apparently sold separately rather than as sets, and the price varied according to the size and complexity of the form.

Related examples:  Barret 1958, p. 98, pl. 135.

Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.


Provenance[George S. McKearin, Hoosick Falls, New York]; [Whimsy Antiques, Arlington, Vermont]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1957; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[no inscriptions]
Impressed on underside: Lyman Fenton & Co. / Fenton's / ENAMEL / PATENTED / 1849. / BENNINGTON, Vt. [Barret 1958, p. 14, fig. IXa]

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Sugar Bowl
Lyman, Fenton & Co.
c. 1849–1858
Lead-glazed earthenware (flint enamel ware)
B.57.46.A,.B
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c. 1849–1858
Lead-glazed earthenware (flint enamel ware)
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c. 1849–1858
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c. 1849–1858
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c. 1849–1858
Lead-glazed earthenware (flint enamel ware)
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c. 1849–1858
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