Collection Highlights
Astor House
Date:
ca.1853-1859
Object Number:
PR.020.65.1
Medium:
Wood Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sugar bowl with lid
Object Number:
1976.31ab
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. ( 24.1 x 11.1 cm )
Marks:
engraved: in the reserves: "G M"
stamped: twice on the base and once the bezel: "E P" in a rectangle
Description:
Wrought silver sugar bowl with lid; urn-shaped body on a round pedestal, applied to a square base with a beaded band around the bottom edge; beaded rim; circular lid with an incurved shoulder with a beaded band joined to a narrow raised neck that flares to a domed platform with a beaded band; surmounted by a cast urn finial; bright-cut, shield reserve suspended from a bow knot and floral garland on each side; both reserves engraved, "G M" in script; maker's marks on the base and on the bezel of the lid.
Gallery Label:
This sugar urn may have been fashioned by the silversmith John Pelletreau (1755-1822), using his father's mark.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
