Sugar Bowl (c. 1780–1830): Art, History and Details

Sugar Bowl (c. 1780–1830) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Much glass of this type was produced in Southern New Jersey in the late 18th and early half of the 19th century because of the abundance of raw materials for glassmaking found there. Neoclassical shapes for sugar bowls and vases were popular forms in blown glass of the early 19th century.

Object facts

• Title: Sugar Bowl
• Date: c. 1780–1830
• Culture: America, Southern New Jersey
• Type: Glass
• Technique: glass
• Dimensions: Diameter: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.); Overall: 8.6 x 6.7 cm (3 3/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1951.108

A detail from the museum

This sugar bowl is most likely missing its cover.

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.