Collections: Decorative Arts: Sugar Bowl with Lid, Part of Three-Piece Set

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Sugar Bowl with Lid, Part of Three-Piece Set

• Maker: Pelletreau, Bennet & Cooke (Maltsby Pelletreau, John Bennett, D.C.)
• Medium: Silver
• Place Made: New York, USA
• Dates: ca. 1826-1828
• Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (14.7 x 21.6 x 13.3 cm)
• Markings: Stamped on bottom: "PB&C / N-YORK" (each in rectangle)
• Inscriptions: Monogram engraved in script on front: "DJW"
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is not on view
• Accession Number: 1995.151.3a-b
• Credit Line: Gift of Marcelle H. Littell
• Image: Overall, 1995.151.3a-b.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
Pelletreau, Bennet & Cooke (Maltsby Pelletreau, John Bennett, D.C.). Sugar Bowl with Lid, Part of Three-Piece Set, ca. 1826-1828. Silver, 9 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (14.7 x 21.6 x 13.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcelle H. Littell, 1995.151.3a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1995.151.3a-b.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Silver sugar bowl (a) with lid (b); part of a three-piece set with teapot and creamer (1995.151.1-.2). (a) Bowl: ovoid body sits on stepped oval pedestal base with die-rolled band of a guilloche of leaves surrounding flowers at bottom of foot. Body is lobed in lower section and has a die-rolled band of scrolls and flowers at shoulder; above this, body steps back to rim of a die-rolled band matching foot band. Two double scrolled handles with scrolled thumb rest. Monogram in script on front: "DJW". (b) Lid has high dome terminating in slightly domed oval finial ornamented with scrolls surrounding blossom on stem. CONDITION: Foot crushed at pedestal on side opposite monogram. Deep dent on central lobe on side opposite monogram. Shallow dent under "W" of monogram and on lobe to left of this; long, flat dent on lower section of lob to right of monogram.