“Gothic Arch” Covered Sugar Bowl

1839

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Boston & Sandwich Glass Company

“Gothic Arch” Covered Sugar Bowl

Boston & Sandwich Glass Company

“Gothic Arch” Covered Sugar Bowl

1839

Physical Qualities Glass, Overall (Sugar bowl with lid): 5 1/4 × 5 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (13.3 × 14.6 × 14.6 cm.) Other (Bowl): 3 1/2 × 5 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (8.9 × 14.6 × 14.6 cm.) Other (Cover): 4 1/8 × 4 1/8 × 2 in. (10.5 × 10.5 × 5.1 cm.)

Credit Line Decorative Arts Purchase Fund

Object Number 2006.47

Boston and Sandwich lacy glass covered sugar bowl in electric blue; pressed. Knopped lid and plain-rimmed bowl have an octagonal shape with eight panels, each having an alternating pattern of Gothic arches with diamonds, cross-hatches, or vertical ribs. The sugar bowl is raised on a plain round foot.

The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2006; Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, New York by purchase; Richard A. Bourne Company, Inc., Hyannis, Massachusetts

Feld, Elizabeth and Stuart P. "In Pointed Style The Gothic Revival in America, 1800-1860", Hirschl & Adler Galleries, NY, April 15-June 9, 2006, no. 54B, pp. 106-107.

Feld, Elizabeth and Stuart P. "In Pointed Style The Gothic Revival in America, 1800-1860," Hirschl & Adler Galleries, NY, April 15-June 9, 2006, no. 54B, pp. 106-107.

Inscribed: Inscription on base: "5820" in black Sticker reads "The Levine Collection" Sticker reads "FAPG 19390D"