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Sugar bowl
about 1760
Object Place: Kingston, Jamaica
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 18.7 x 12.1 cm (7 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by the James Parker Charitable Trust
Accession Number2007.253a-b
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Fashionable styles like the Baroque and the Rococo became international in scope, finding expression in European colonies and other far-flung areas. Created in the latest Rococo fashion with an inverted, pear-shaped form embellished with ruffled scrolls and foliage, this bowl was made in Jamaica, a British colony.
Marks
The base struck with "ALLAN" in a rectangle twice; "'CA" in a rectangle as maker's marks.
Also has assayer's marks: "A [pellet] D" in a shaped cartouche; and an alligator head in a rectangle, also struck on the base.
Lid unmarked.
Also has assayer's marks: "A [pellet] D" in a shaped cartouche; and an alligator head in a rectangle, also struck on the base.
Lid unmarked.
InscriptionsEngraved unidentified crest on side of bowl.
Original scratch weight on bottom: "25 oz=6"
Original scratch weight on bottom: "25 oz=6"
Provenance2007, purchased by the MFA from Robert Lloyd, Inc., New York, N.Y.