Sugar Bowl Maker: Herman W. Glendenning (American, 1906–1997)
Designer: (Workshop of) Arthur J. Stone (American, born England, 1847–1938)

1927

American Decorative Arts

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design

English-born silversmith Arthur J. Stone established a workshop in Gardner, Massachusetts, in 1901. Herman W. Glendenning, one of Stone’s apprentices, made this handwrought sugar bowl the same year he became a master. The double-bellied bowl, stepped lid, and flamelike finial evoke silver made in Boston in the eighteenth century, although the overall object is taller in proportion to period examples and the use of ivory elements is unusual in colonial silver. The crest and initials belong to the noted antiquarian and collector George Dudley Seymour.

Medium

Sterling silver and ivory

Dimensions

H. with lid: 6 9/16 in. (16.6 cm)
b: 4 3/8 × 4 7/8 × 2 7/8 in., 8 t oz., 10 dwt. (11.1 × 12.4 × 7.3 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of Peter J. Meyer

Accession Number

1975.48.1a-b

Geography

Made in Gardner, Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

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Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography
  • Barbara M. Ward and Gerald W. R. Ward, eds., Silver in American Life: Selections from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1979), 86, no. 56, ill
  • "Acquisitions 1975," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 36, no. 1 (Fall 1976), 56
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

sugar bowls

Marks

Stamped on bottom with Stone Associates' mark, "Sterling," a "G" for the maker, Herman Glendenning and the year made. Lid has "STERLING" [block capitals] stamped on flange.

Inscriptions

Engraved with a decorative crest and the words "Speed the Plow" and the initials "GDS" in script.

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