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

Covered Sugar Bowl

Manufacturer Gillinder & Sons (American, 1867 - 1930)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1880

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
Base: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number0.1526

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DescriptionCovered sugar bowl of clear pressed glass in the "Lion" pattern. The domed base has an acid finish and is decorated with a "roped" edge and three lions. The edge of the cover is "roped" and the top is rough, uneven and has an acid finish. The finial is acid finished and in the shape of a sitting lion with its front paws on a small rock.