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Sugar Bowl
Irish (Probably Cork)
about 1790
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
Weight: 200 gm (6 oz 9 dwt)
Weight: 200 gm (6 oz 9 dwt)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number58.1349
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionThe raised circular bowl has vertical sides and a wavy everted rim and rests on three mask and paw feet. The body is chased with spiral fluting and scattered punched foliage and flower swags between the flutes. The thickly cast and chased paw feet, soldered unevenly to the bowl, are surmounted by a chased scroll and a heavily cast and chased grotesque mask head.
InscriptionsEngraved on underside, "M / D * A" ; scratched on underside, "oz 6=9".
ProvenanceGift of Misses Aimee and Rosamond Lamb to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 1958)