- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 2020.200
- People
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Simeon Soumaine, American (London c. 1685 - c. 1750 New York, New York)
- Title
- Sugar Dish
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- c. 1750
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States, New York, New York
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/369958
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
- 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)
120 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- maker's mark: under base, stamped: SS [in square punch] [mark of Simeon Soumaine]
- coat of arms: side, engraved: [arms of James Alexander and Mary Spratt]
- monogram: under base, engraved: A. / J. [cinquefoil] M. [monogram of James Alexander and Mary Spratt]
- Provenance
- James Alexander (1690-1756) and Mary Spratt (1693-1760), New York. [Firestone & Parson, Boston]. [Sotheby's, New York, January 18, 2003, lot 877]. Daniel and Susan Pollack, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Pollack Collection, gift of Daniel A. Pollack AB ’60 and Susan F. Pollack AB ’64
- Accession Year
- 2020
- Object Number
- 2020.200
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Footed "rice-bowl" shape with rococo chasing
- Publication History
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Jeanne Sloane, Early American Silver in the collection of Daniel A. Pollack, Privately Published (Boston [?], 2019), cat. no. 12, repr.
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