The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sugar bowl

Date:: 1772–76
Geography:: Mid-Atlantic, New York, New York, United States
Culture:: American
Medium:: Silver
Dimensions:: Overall: 6 5/8 x 4 3/16 in. (16.8 x 10.6 cm); 8 oz. 19 dwt. (278.6 g) Foot: Diam. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm) Bowl: H. 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm); 7 oz. (217.6 g) Cover: 2 1/4 x 3 1/16 in. (5.7 x 7.8 cm); 1 oz. 19 dwt. (61 g)
Classification:: Silver
Credit Line:: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet Gift, 2012
Accession Number:: 2012.244.3a, b

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 704

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: engraved on body in interlaced script: DR lightly scratched on underside: oz / 9 " 5 1/2

Marking: marked twice on underside in script: Myers (in shaped surround) [one of the marks is double-struck.]
Provenance

Abraham Brinckerhoff, New York; descended in the Brinkerhoff family, New York
See also
Who
Myer Myers (21)
What
Metal (59,497)

Silver (14,047)

Bowls (5,013)

Sugar bowls (284)
Where
North and Central America (83,032)

United States (79,749)

New York (2,794)

New York City (1,839)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (67,116)
In the Museum
American Decorative Arts (11,793)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
American Rococo

The United States, 1600–1800 A.D.
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