Sugar Bowl

Paul Revere Jr. American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 750

This matched set of covered sugar bowl and creamer is fashioned in the fluted Neoclassical style so popular with Revere's postwar clients. Urn-shaped sugar bowls, both plain and fluted, appear repeatedly in Revere's ledgers as "sugar urns" or "fluted sugar vases." The helmet-shaped creampot with high looped handle and square plinth also epitomizes Neoclassical taste. Each piece is engraved with bright-cut bands of tasseled swags and wavescroll ornament. According to family tradition, these objects were made as a gift for a Virginia bride.

Sugar Bowl, Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818 Boston, Massachusetts), Silver, American

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Sugar Bowl, Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818 Boston, Massachusetts), Silver, American
Sugar Bowl, Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818 Boston, Massachusetts), Silver, American
Sugar Bowl, Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818 Boston, Massachusetts), Silver, American
Sugar Bowl, Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818 Boston, Massachusetts), Silver, American

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