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Object Name: Bowl, Sugar
Category: Serving vessel
Material: Glass
Accession Number: 2021.003
Culture: Canadian
Earliest Production Date: 1907-01-01
Latest Production Date: 1907-12-31
Description: Round, clear glass with a handle on each side. Four red flowers with gold tail around middle of bowl.  Looks like top ridge of bowl would have had gold trim at one time.
Narrative: The sugar bowl was given to owner's son Henry & then given to his daughter (donor).  It was used to put spoons in all the while donor was growing up.
History of Use: A small bowl designed for holding sugar for tea or coffee, it is an integral part of a tea set.  Sugar bowls were not part of the earlier sets and was introduced in 1680 by Marquise de Seven, a social critic.  The bowls were known as sugar baskets during the era of Queen Anne and offered to the guests during afternoon tea.
Height: 10.7 cm
Institution: Parkdale - Maplewood Community Museum  Facebook-Parkdale - Maplewood Community Museum 
Institution City: Maplewood
Institution Province: Nova Scotia

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