Sugar Bowl

Creator William Garret Forbes (1751-1840)

Accession number 58.130.3A-B

Unique identifier MN157608

Description Tea service that consists of teapot, cream pot, and sugar bowl with separate cover. Each piece has a seamed oval body, curved cushion shoulder, and slightly convex sides on applied oval footing with bands of bright-cut ornament at shoulder and foot, bright-cut oval reserves flanked by engraved cornucopias on both sides of the body. Sugar bowl also has a conforming cover surmounted by boat-shaped urn finial. Inscription: Engraved within bright-cut reserve on one side: G.B. Engraved within bright-cut reserves on other side: G.B.W. Mark: Struck on the underside of the base: W.G. Forbes / [bird's head].

Dated 1800-1809

Object Type sugar bowl, tea service

Physical dimensions H: 7 in. W: 6 1/4 in.

Medium silver (metal), wood (plant material)

File dimensions 26.0 in × 26.0 in at 300dpi
66.0 cm × 66.0 cm at 300dpi

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