Lidded Sugar Bowl
Artist
Abraham Dubois
(American, 1751 - 1807)
Dateca. 1785
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 9 5/8 inches (24.45 cm)
.1 (sugar bowl): 6 × 4 3/4 inches (15.24 × 12.07 cm)
.2 (lid): 3 3/4 × 4 5/8 inches (9.53 × 11.75 cm)
.1 (sugar bowl): 6 × 4 3/4 inches (15.24 × 12.07 cm)
.2 (lid): 3 3/4 × 4 5/8 inches (9.53 × 11.75 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Ford W. Bell
Object number2022.3.2.1,2
On View
On viewGallery Location
- 211
Collections
DescriptionSterling silver tea service comprising a galleried teapot, a galleried covered sugar bowl, a creamer and a waste bowl, all with bright-cut engraved floral wreaths and square plinth bases.Published ReferencesOn Dubois in general:
Stephen G.C. Ensko. American Silversmiths and their Marks, II (New York: Robert Ensko, Inc., 1937): 19
Ibid. American Silversmiths and their Marks, III (New York: Robert Ensko, Inc., 1948): 48
Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood. American Silver, Garvan and Other Collections in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1970): II, 26–218
Beatrice B. Garvan and David L. Barquist. American Silver in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Volume I, Makers A–F (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018): 344–349
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