Sugar bowl

C. Ihmsen Company

1850–60 · Pressed glass · The American Wing

Each of the nine panels of this sugar bowl illustrates a different pressed-glass piece: a decanter; a goblet; a sugar bowl; an ale glass and spill holder in the “Excelsior” pattern; a decanter in the “Ashburton” pattern; a goblet in the “Flute” pattern; and a spill holder and hexagonal candlestick in the “Star” pattern. The bowl was probably used as an advertisement of some kind, perhaps one sent to glass distributors.

Artist

C. Ihmsen Company

Date

1850–60

Medium

Pressed glass

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Purchase, Isaac Arnold Jr. Gift and Sansbury-Mills Fund, 1982