Sugar bowl & cream pitcher Maker: Baldwin and Jones (American, active ca. 1813 - 1819)

1815–19

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

Sugar bowl: 7 1/2 × 8 × 4 7/8 in., 514 g (19.1 × 20.3 × 12.4 cm)
Cream pitcher: 6 1/8 × 5 9/16 × 3 11/16 in., 282 g (15.5 × 14.2 × 9.4 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Carl R. Kossack, B.S. 1931, M.A. 1933

Accession Number

1985.84.9.1-.2

Geography

Made in Boston, Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Mr. Kossack purchased this sugar bowl from F. Gorevic & Son, Inc., 660 Lexington Ave., New York, N.Y.
Bibliography

  • "Acquisitions 1985–1987," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 40, no. 2 (Spring 1988): 50.

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

creamers, sugar bowls

Marks

"BALDWIN&JONES" [Roman capitals] in rectangle on bottom. SUGAR BOWL: initial strike appears to have been incomplete, Right end of mark restruck, resulting in two overlapping "E"s . CREAM PITCHER: initial strike appears to have been incomplete. Right end of mark restruck, resulting in two overlapping "N"s.

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