Sugar Bowl
1805-1806 (made)
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Grand and elegant sugar bowls such as this one were intended to grace either the dining room during the dessert or the drawing room, where tea and coffee would be served after dinner. These functional objects provided a chance for the host to impress guests with his or her wealth and taste. Sugar bowls could be quite large, with separate stands. They were bought singly, in pairs or up to eight at a time (the Prince Regent purchased eight sugar vases in 1811). A quantity of bowls purchased together suggest they were intended for a long dining table.
People
This sugar bowl was made by Digby Scott and Benjamin Smith the Elder (died 1822), who managed a workshop for the Royal Goldsmiths Rundell, Bridge & Rundell at Greenwich from about 1801 to 1807. It was ordered from the firm by Charles Sutton in 1805, the year he became Archbishop of Canterbury.
Grand and elegant sugar bowls such as this one were intended to grace either the dining room during the dessert or the drawing room, where tea and coffee would be served after dinner. These functional objects provided a chance for the host to impress guests with his or her wealth and taste. Sugar bowls could be quite large, with separate stands. They were bought singly, in pairs or up to eight at a time (the Prince Regent purchased eight sugar vases in 1811). A quantity of bowls purchased together suggest they were intended for a long dining table.
People
This sugar bowl was made by Digby Scott and Benjamin Smith the Elder (died 1822), who managed a workshop for the Royal Goldsmiths Rundell, Bridge & Rundell at Greenwich from about 1801 to 1807. It was ordered from the firm by Charles Sutton in 1805, the year he became Archbishop of Canterbury.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Silver gilt, cast, chased and engraved |
Brief description | Silver, English |
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Gallery label | British Galleries:
Rundell, Bridge & Rundell were the most prestigious and influential silversmiths of the early 19th century. They designed even quite modest pieces of domestic plate in monumental terms. This pair of sugar bowls, made for the Archbishop of Canterbury, was modelled on classical vases.(27/03/2003) |
Credit line | Given in memory of Alexander Allan Paton CB (1873-1934), by his sister, Mary Paton |
Object history | Made by Digby Scott (born in about 1763, died in 1816) and Benjamin Smith II (born in Birmingham in 1764, died in London in 1823) for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell in London |
Summary | Object Type Grand and elegant sugar bowls such as this one were intended to grace either the dining room during the dessert or the drawing room, where tea and coffee would be served after dinner. These functional objects provided a chance for the host to impress guests with his or her wealth and taste. Sugar bowls could be quite large, with separate stands. They were bought singly, in pairs or up to eight at a time (the Prince Regent purchased eight sugar vases in 1811). A quantity of bowls purchased together suggest they were intended for a long dining table. People This sugar bowl was made by Digby Scott and Benjamin Smith the Elder (died 1822), who managed a workshop for the Royal Goldsmiths Rundell, Bridge & Rundell at Greenwich from about 1801 to 1807. It was ordered from the firm by Charles Sutton in 1805, the year he became Archbishop of Canterbury. |
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Accession number | M.597-1936 |
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Record created | March 27, 2003 |
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