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Silversmith: Spilsbury, Francis II
Silver; the cylindrical sides pierced with a dog and birds amid scrolling foliage
Silver; the cylindrical sides beneath a wavy gadroon edged rim, are pierced and engraved with a dog and birds amid scrolling foliage. The circular base stands on three pierced bracket feet. The swing handle is made of twisted wire. The body is fitted with a blue glass liner (A).
History note: Not known before testator
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century, third quarter
George III
1769
CE
-
1770
CE
Label text from the exhibition ‘Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe, 1500–1800’, on display at The Fitzwilliam Museum from 26 November 2019 until 31 August 2020: Sugar basket with dog and birds, with liner, on 3 bracket feet Perfect for cooking, refined granulated sugar was also ideal for use at the table as a sweetener, either for sprinkling onto food or for dissolving into fashionable hot beverages, like tea, coffee, and chocolate, otherwise considered too bitter to drink. Kept in airtight ceramic storage jars in the kitchen, it was presented in more elegant containers and dispensers for the dining- and tea-table. Made in all shapes, sizes, and materials, sugar bowls, basins, and baskets normally came with a silver spoon for dispensing, while sugar casters, sifters, and shakers were designed for ‘dredging’ sugar directly onto food. These sugar containers were usually decorated with exotic motifs to underline the far-away provenance of their contents.
Liner
composed of
glass
Across Rim
Diameter 7.2 cm
Diameter 2¾ in
To Rim
Height 7.7 cm
Height 3 in
Without Liner
Weight 110 g
Weight 3 : 5 oz : dwt
Decoration
Feet
Glass Liner
Sides
Inscription present: leopard's head crowned
Inscription present: lion passant
Accession number: M.46 & A-1961
Primary reference Number: 157600
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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