Bowl, Sugar

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Bowl, Sugar

Entry/Object ID

GHS 1622 C

Description

Sugar bowl with two shaped handles, floral decorations where handles attach to body. Handles painted gray, removable dome shaped lid, wide mouth. Body flares out at wiast, tapers in below waist and flares out at base, incised rings on each section of body.

Made/Created

Artist

L.L. Williams

Date made

1838 - 1842

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Notes

Creation Date: 1838-1842

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

stamped on bottom, "L.L Williams Philada"

Dimensions

Height

7 in

Width

8-1/4 in

Depth

5-1/2 in

Material

Pewter

Provenance

Notes

Donated by Ida Bates Groff June 18,1957 According to the 1984 worksheet, "descended through the Yeakel family to Ida Bates Groff by way of her grandmother Yeakel." (Leah Yeakle Bates - Mrs. Thomas L. Bates). Old museum label found in interior of coffeepot (GHS 1622 A) reads as follows, "1622 a-b-c-d-e/ Set of pewter/ Coffee Pot, Tea Pot, Sugar Bowl, Creamer, and Waste Bowl/ made by L.L Williams - Phila - 1800/ Presented by Miss Ida Bates Groff."