Sugar Bowl with Cover

c. 1810

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Simon Wedge, Sr.

Sugar Bowl with Cover

c. 1810

Physical Qualities Silver, 8 3/4 × 7 1/4 × 4 5/8 in. (22.2 × 18.4 × 11.7 cm.)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. John G. Matthews, Henderson, North Carolina

Object Number 1989.344.3

Extremely large-scale characterized tea and coffee services were made in Baltimore during the first quarter of the 19th century. The Museum also owns the teapot and waste bowl from this service. The waste bowl is displayed in the left-hand case [#10]. -David Park Curry, American Wing Reinstallation 2014

Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1989; Mrs. John G. Matthews, Henderson, North Carolina

Inscribed: Engraved monogram "IAR" (almost illegible)

Markings: Stamped letters "S", "W", eagle's head facing left inside an oval (considered his earliest mark)