Sugar Bowl
ca. 1760
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
3 7/8 in., 312.9g (9.8 cm, 10 oz, 1 dwt..) Lip diameter: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm) Diam. of foot: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm) Other (Body): 3 in., 182.1g (7.6 cm, 5.855 oz.) Other (Cover): 1 1/16 × 4 9/16 in., 130.8g (2.7 × 11.6 cm, 4.205oz.)
Classification
Sugar Bowl
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of The Estate of Esther and Samuel Schwartz, Paterson, N.J., 2007
Accession Number
2007.471.2a, b
Art Historical Context
In the elegant world of colonial American silver, Daniel Christian Fueter's *Sugar Bowl* (ca. 1760) stands as a exquisite example of craftsmanship from New premier silversmiths. Fueter, a immigrant who established a prominent workshop in the city during the mid-18 century, produced luxury domestic wares for the elite. Crafted from gleaming silver, covered bowl—measuring about 3 /8 inches tall with a 4 1/8-inch lip diameter—itomizes the Rococo popular in the period, with its graceful proportions and functional yet refined design. Silver objects like this sugar bowl were status symbols in prosp...