New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Sugar Bowl

ManufacturerAttributed to Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (American, 1826-1888)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1830-35

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (9.5 x 14.6 x 9.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by the Chrysler Museum Glass Club in honor of Lenore Mae Laibstain

Object number92.4

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3, Case 19

DescriptionSugar bowl of pressed colorless lead formula glass. In a rounded oblong shape. Design probably based on an Empire silver or ceramic model. Rests on four lion paw feet connected by an ogee-curve skirt. Bowl has a rounded belly. Recessed panel on long side has pattern imitating cut glass surrounded by a reeded border of bell flowers & roses. Bold gadroon at each corner above paw foot. Ends have a fan with a diamond & scrolls above and shell handles above that. Rim has a recessed edge to take lid and a beaded border. Underfill on one handle. Small chips on rim at top, on skirt between feet, on borders of both recessed panels, and across one handle. No lid.

Exhibition History"Classical Traditions at the Moses Myers House," Moses Myers House, Norfolk, VA, April 17 - December 1, 2013.Published ReferencesJ.S. Spillman, PRESSED GLASS: 1825-1925, pp. 18, 20 & 46. JOURNAL OF GLASS STUDIES, Vol. 25, 1983, pg. 265, fig. 27, for the one example in a public collection with a lid (formerly in the Caleb Ewing collection), now at Corning. James H. Rose, THE STORY OF AMERICAN PRESSED GLASS OF THE LACY PERIOD 1825-1850, pl. III, no. 48, pp. 66-67, type first published, "one of four known specimens. Probably New England, before 1830". Bourne AUCTION CATALOG, lot. 526, pp. 134-135, William J. Elsholz sale Vol. I, now at the Metropolitan.