Sugar Bowl

Ball, Tompkins and Black|John C. Moore

1850 · Silver · The American Wing

In 1850, Marshall Lefferts, president of the New York and New England and the New York State telegraph companies, was presented with "a splendid service of plate" to honor his construction of telegraph lines from New York to Boston and Buffalo. It was designed by John C. Moore in the "modern French" style, with floral chasing and rusticated castings. Surmounting the kettle is a figure of Zeus holding lightning bolts—an allegory of electricity.

Artist

Ball, Tompkins and Black|John C. Moore

Date

1850

Medium

Silver

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. F. R. Lefferts, 1969