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Sugar Bowl

Medium: Pewter
Place Made: USA
Dates: ca. 1930
Dimensions: 2 3/4 x 5 x 2 5/8 in. (7.0 x 12.7 x 6.7 cm)
Markings: Incised on bottom: "PEWTER" inside outline of a 'Revere' pitcher / "350"
Inscriptions: Paper label reading "Mildred Welsh" is taped to underside.
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 82.112.14
Credit Line: Gift of Fred Tannery
Image: Overall, 82.112.14_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Pewter sugar bowl. Cauldron-shaped body with four notches evenly spaced at the rim. Rococo style handles at two sides have faintly molded acanthus at thumb rest. Four legs are elongated shells at juncture with body; below their mid-band, they curve out to truncated pad feet. CONDITION: Generally scratched and tarnished but good.

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