sugar bowl

Object NameEngraved Covered Sugar Bowl

Manufacturerprobably Boston & Sandwich Glass Company (active 1825-1888)

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1865-1880

Place MadeUnited States, MA, Sandwich

TechniqueBlown, cut, engraved

SizeOverall H: 24 cm, Diam (max): 11.2 cm

Accession Number2007.4.1

Credit LinePurchased with funds from Kenneth R. Treis, The Greater Milwaukee Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

This sugar bowl of the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company of Sandwich, MA, was acquired by the Museum in 2007 and has a cut decoration pattern called "Star and Comet.” This shape and pattern was probably in production during the 1860's and 1870's: it is shown in a Boston & Sandwich catalog printed around 1874.

Physical DescriptionColorless glass; blown, tooled, applied, cut, engraved, polished. Globular sugar bowl engraved with star and comet pattern and old English "R" , galleried rim, tooled straight stem with cut sides, applied circular base with star cut into the underside and polished pontil. Matching lid has applied cut knop, cut panels and is engraved with star and comet pattern.
Provenance

Source Ian Simmonds