Sugar Bowl
ca. 1810
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 6 1/4 x 8 x 4 15/16 in. (15.9 x 20.3 x 12.5 cm); 14 oz. 17 dwt. (462.6 g) Body: H. 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm); 11 oz. 18 dwt. (370 g) Cover: 1 3/4 x 5 x 3 1/2 in. (4.4 x 12.7 x 8.9 cm); 3 oz. (92.6 g)
Classification
Sugar Bowl
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Alphonso T. Clearwater, 1933
Accession Number
33.120.552a, b
Art Historical Context
Crafted around 1810 by American silversmith Garret Forbes, this elegant sugar bowl exemplifies the refined craftsmanship of early 19th-century American decorative arts. Made of solid silver, it measures 6¼ x 8 x 4⅞ inches overall, weighing a substantial 14 ounces and 17 pennyweights—evidence of its high quality and heft, with the body at 11 ounces and 18 pennyweights, and the cover separately proportioned for a snug fit. Displayed in The American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of, it entered the collection through the 1933 bequest of Alphonso T. Clearwater. In the Federal period, silver suga...