Mount Washington Sugar Shaker

Ceramic

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Wildwood Historic Center

Side 1

Side 1

Name/Title

Mount Washington Sugar Shaker

Entry/Object ID

1973.090.081

Description

Mount Washington sugar shaker with holes in pewter lid, yellow sunflowers on shaded pink glass egg shaped base.

Context

Also called a muffineer Mt. Washington Glass Works, originally founded in 1837 in South Boston (in the vicinity of a small hill known as "Mt. Washington"). It relocated to New Bedford in 1870 where it produced a wide range of pressed glass, fine cut and engraved glass. Internet pricing from $50 to $228.

Collection

Wildwood Historic Center [primary collection]

Acquisition

Accession

1973.090

Source or Donor

090 Lucy Eastman

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Shaker, Sugar

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Vessel, Condiment

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Serving Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Food Service T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Dimensions

Height

4 in

Diameter

1-1/2 in

Circumference

10-1/2 in

Parts

Count

2

Parts

Container and lid.

Location

Cabinet

Sideboard

Wall

West Wall

Room

Dining Room

Floor

First Floor

Building

Wildwood House

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Provenance

Notes

Lucy Eastman of Ne. City, Ne. B 1888 D 1986 daughter of Seymour B. & Henrietta (Hershey)Eastman.