Name/Title
Gothic style ironstone sugar bowl with lid, c. 1860s-1870sEntry/Object ID
1997.1.84Description
ACC. NO. 97.1.84
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1860's - 1870's
OBJECT: SUGAR BOWL
DESCRIPTION:
GOTHIC-STYLE SUGAR BOWL OF WHITE-COLORED SEMI-PORCELAIN, IRONSTONE CHINA, EIGHT-SIDED, WITH MATCHING LID. LID HAS AN ELABORATE PSEUDO PINEAPPLE FINIAL HANDLE. ORNATE S-CURVED HANDLES. ENGLISH REGISTRY MARK ON BASE IS SIGNED, "T R BOOTE" DESIGN RECORDED JULY 12, 1851.
SIZE: BOWL H 7-1/4";
BASE L 4-1/2" X W 4-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SUGAR BOWL THAT WAS PURCHASED BY THE LATE JEANETTE MEYERS AT AN ANTIQUE OR SECOND-HAND STORE MANY YEARS AGO --- POSSIBLY WITH THE IDEA OF MATCHING HER GRANDFATHER'S DISHES.
ACQUIRED FROM:
ESTATE OF JEANETTE MEYERS.
DATE: JANUARY 1, 1997
CATALOGED: APRIL 11, 1998Interpretative Labels
Label
7/20/2022 MvL: two stickers are on the bottom:
1:
Prop: not relevant to Alameda history.
Donor: J. Meyers, 1986
2:
English registry mark.
Signed T.R. Boote (or Boole).
Design recorded July 21, 1851.
