Sugar Bowl Maker: William Garret Forbes (American, 1751–1840)

ca. 1805

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

6 5/8 × 4 1/4 × 6 3/8 in. (16.8 × 10.8 × 16.2 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.1081a-b

Geography

Made in New York, New York

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Robert Ensko, Inc., New York, NY; Francis P. Garvan, New York, NY (1916).
Bibliography
  • Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver in the Yale University Art Gallery, 2 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1970), vol. 2, p. 128, no. 701, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

sugar bowls

Marks

"W.G.Forbes" in rectangle on bottom

Inscriptions

"LEH" monogram engraved on side; "This set belonged to / Elizabeth Hammersley / (nee Tinney) of Accomack / County Virginia, wife of / Louis Carre Hammersley / of New York" added later on bottom

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