Sugar Bowl
Patented 1853
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Object Label
Proudly embossed in gold with the family name, this tea set belonged to descendants of Pietro Cesare Alberti (1605–1655), one of the first Italian immigrants to New Netherlands. (“Alberti” was Anglicized to “Burtis” in the eighteenth century.) With a land grant from the Dutch West India Company, he ran a tobacco plantation along the Wallabout Bay (now the site of the Brooklyn Navy Yard). Subsequent generations remained in Brooklyn, including Abraham Burtis, who lived on High Street at the time that this tea service was made.
Caption
Sugar Bowl, Patented 1853. Porcelain with gilding, bowl: 5 1/4 x 6 x 4 in. (13.3 x 15.2 x 10.2 cm) lid: 3 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (7.6 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Family of Paul E. Burtis, 1993.109.11a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Collection
Collection
Title
Sugar Bowl
Date
Patented 1853
Medium
Porcelain with gilding
Classification
Dimensions
bowl: 5 1/4 x 6 x 4 in. (13.3 x 15.2 x 10.2 cm) lid: 3 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (7.6 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Family of Paul E. Burtis
Accession Number
1993.109.11a-b
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