Sugar Bowl for Tea Service
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Silver-plate on white metal
DATES
ca. 1890
DIMENSIONS
4 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 6 in. (10.8 x 21 x 15.2 cm)
MARKINGS
E G WEBSTER & SON surrounding arm and hammer. QUADRUPLE PLATE HARD WHITE METAL surrounding this. / 42 1/2 / 759 (scratched in).
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
ACCESSION NUMBER
88.65.2a-b
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Helen Wilson
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Sugar bowl (a) and lid (b), silver-plate on white metal. Part of a four-piece tea service (88.65.1-.4). Flattened spherical body, heavily repoussed and chased with scrolling acanthus leaves, sits on short, slightly flaring foot ring. Two C-shaped handles. Short. Ribbed neck; flat, repoussed lid with elaborated acorn-shaped finial. Engraved in script on rim: T.A. and M.W.
CONDITION: Normal wear and scratches to silver-plate. Finial bent.
MUSEUM LOCATION
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