Collection Highlights
Freedom to the Slaves
Date:
ca. 1865
Object Number:
PR.052.58
Medium:
Lithograph
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Luce Center
Sugar bowl
Object Number:
1952.283
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 6 x 3 3/4 in. ( 15.6 x 15.2 x 9.5 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on footring: "Grigg" in script in a conforming rectangle
Description:
Wrought silver sugar bowl; oval helmet-shaped body, high at the sides, low in the center; on a high, oval splayed foot with a vertically applied, plain seamed footring; wheel turned decoration around the edge of the foot; applied, reeded rim; bright-cut foliate band below the rim; bright-cut bow tied swags with shield reserves in the center on both sides of the body; maker's mark on the footring.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Katherine Prentis Murphy
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
