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Provenance
Provenance
Mr. Kossack purchased the three-piece tea set, of which this sugar bowl is part, from Mayflower Antiques, 952 State Street, New Haven.
Bibliography
"Acquisitions 1984," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 39, no. 3 (Winter 1986), 70
"W.B.HEYER" [Roman capitals, two sizes; periods] in rectangle on bottom; illegible mark at right may be evidence of attempt at another strike.
Inscriptions
"EH" [feathered script capitals] engraved on one side; two dotted bands engraved below shoulder; scrolled leafy vines encircling flowers engraved on shoulder; two dotted band with wavy bands above border cover.