Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
Date:
1825-1845
Object Number:
1936.693ab
Medium:
Glass
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Sugar bowl
Object Number:
1911.43
Date:
ca. 1795
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 6 3/8 x 4 1/4 in. ( 11.4 x 16.2 x 10.8 cm )
Marks:
engraved: center front: "A C D P" in bright-cut script
Description:
Wrought silver sugar bowl; oval, boat-shaped body on an oval, molded stepped foot; applied reeded band around rim; engraved on one side with an armored head surmounted by a pine tree; engraved on the opposite side with the initials, "A C D P" in bright-cut script; no maker's marks.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Catherine Augusta De Peyster
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
