Sugar Dish
Date1809-1813
Maker
Samuel Williamson
(1772-1843)
MediumSilver
DimensionsOH (with lid): 8 5/16"; OW (across handles): 7 13/16"; OD: 3 13/16"
Additional measurements:
H (to top of handle): 6 5/8"
H (to top of body): 5 5/8"
OW (across handles): 7 13/16"
OW (across body): 5 5/16"
Foot: 4 9/16" x 3 9/16"
Grape/Oak Milled Banding Width: 1/2"
Narrow Milled Banding Width: 1/8"
Additional measurements:
H (to top of handle): 6 5/8"
H (to top of body): 5 5/8"
OW (across handles): 7 13/16"
OW (across body): 5 5/16"
Foot: 4 9/16" x 3 9/16"
Grape/Oak Milled Banding Width: 1/2"
Narrow Milled Banding Width: 1/8"
Credit LineGift of Robert F. Grossman
Object number2016-184,A&B
DescriptionSilver sugar dish with lid: Stepped square base edged with milled banding of grape clusters and grape leaves on a meandering vine interspersed with branches of oak leaves and acorns supports an oblong body with twelve bulbous gadroons at bottom below the same banding. Top of body edged with narrow band of fine gadrooning. Top rim has slight saddle-shaped curve. Stepped lid rises to an urn finial. Two angular handles with scrolled lower junctures at sides of body.Mark(s)Marked on bottom in relief “WILLIAMSON” in a rectangle
Jehu Williams (1788-1859) and John Victor (1793-1845) (Williams & Victor)
ca. 1835
ca. 1800
1755-1770