Sugar bowl with cover
Joseph DuBois
(American, about 1790–1798)
about 1795
Object PlaceNew York City, New York, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Dimensions18.73 x 15.56 x 10.48 cm (7 3/8 x 6 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Nathaniel T. Dexter Fine Arts Trust
Accession number2000.689a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver hollowware
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This elegantly shaped sugar bowl, with its delicate bright-cut engraving, is the product of the shop of Joseph DuBois, active in New York City from 1790 to about 1798. He worked in partnership with his younger brother Teunis DuBois in 1796. A more typical urn-shaped sugar bowl by the maker is in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York.
This text has been adapted from "Silver of the Americas, 1600-2000," edited by Jeannine Falino and Gerald W.R. Ward, published in 2008 by the MFA. Complete references can be found in that publication.
