Sugar Chest

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Sugar Chest
Datec. 1820–1840
Made inKentucky, United States
MediumBlack cherry; yellow poplar, black cherry and brass
Dimensions35 1/2 × 32 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (90.2 × 82.6 × 47 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.75.8
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Kilroy Center
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionLike tea, coffee, and spices, sugar was a extremely valuable commodity. Usually sold in tall, solid cones, from which a day's needs were chipped or scraped, and wrapped in red or blue paper, sugar was often kep in locked sugar chests, which were sometimes displayed in the sitting room.
Provenance[Tony & Bob’s Barrett House Antiques, West Chester, Ohio]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1966; Estate of Miss Ima Hogg, 1975; given to MFAH, 1975.

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