William Ball
Covered Sugar Urn
1789
Physical Qualities
Silver, 10 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (26.7 x 12.1 x 12.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia P.B. White, Baltimore
Object Number
1933.54.62
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1933; Virginia Purviance Bonsal White (1869-1955), Baltimore, MD
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 68, ill.
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. "Silver in Maryland", Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1983. p.74, ill.
Pleasants and Sill, p. 91 & pl. XV, no. 4
Inscribed: Engraved monogram "M" on side
Markings: On underside: Maker's Mark, "W. BALL" (2x) On underside: etched "VW 244"
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Willow Brook/Case 1
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