SUGAR BOWL FROM A TEA SERVICE
Creator(s): Boin-Taburet (Firm) , Georges Boin (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
The various motifs on the sugar bowl are repeated on the other pieces-coffee pot, teapot, creamer, tea urnl, slop bowl. Their shaped are in general like an urn- narrower at the top with curved gadrooning, bulbous below with chase floral swags round-about. An oval medallion on each topped by a ribbon bow, containing an interlaced monogram, scrolled feet and handles, domed lids with pineapple finials.
- Object name:
- SUGAR BOWL FROM A TEA SERVICE
- Made from:
- Silver gilt
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- c. 1889
- Size:
- 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.303.8-9
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK Inscribed "BOINTABURET A PARIS"; The mark of Georges Boin (1849-1911) on a lozenge; The mark created for the silverware for the French Exhibition in Moscow of 1891.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973