Museum object · Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Sugar bowl and lid from Wormley's Hotel
1871-1897
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A silver plated sugar bowl and lid, used at Wormley's Hotel in Washington, DC. The bowl is round, with a slightly flared rim. It has two (2) curved handles attached on opposite sides near the bowl rim and an attached, rounded platform base with rim. The fully detachable lid has a rounded knob at center and a spoon notch, and a smaller concentric ring around the top of the lid at its midway point. The bowl is engraved on one side with the name [Wormley] in cursive writing. On the bottom of the bowl is the manufacturer's information [MF'D & PLATED /BY /LINSENBAYER A1].
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Catalog reference: 2013.104.2ab
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