Sugar bowl

Probably New England

1820-1840

Measurements

6-1/2 in x 4-7/8 in (dia)

Materials

Colorless lead glass

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of

Accession Number

2024.20

Inscription

"M I" is engraved on one side near the rim.

Comments

This colorless glass sugar bowl has a lid with an edge that is folded to fit inside the rim of the bowl. The lid has a conical cut finial and a three-leaf cut vine near the edge. The inside of the lid has a pontil mark. The body has cut-swag decoration with 8-pointed stars above each swag. One side is engraved “M·I” above the star, initials of the first owner. The underside of the bowl has a polished pontil.