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Document identity
localId
119287
label
Sugar Basket
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
119287
contentType
object
title
Sugar Basket
date
c. 1796
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60746050
creators
8320
8323
genreSpecific
Silver
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
with handle: 15.8 x 9.8 cm (6 1/4 x 3 7/8 in.)
cul
America, New York
accession
1940.199
Source extras
tec
silver
tombstone
Sugar Basket, c. 1796. Or Andrew Gordon (American), James Gordon (American). Silver; with handle: 15.8 x 9.8 cm (6 1/4 x 3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Hollis French, 1940.199
collection
Decorative Arts
inscriptions
inscription
engraved in bright-cut script within a shield surrounded by mantlings on one side, and a bird with a branch within a corresponding shield on opposite side: JSD.
formerAccessionNumbers
1537.1918
citations
citation
Foote, Helen. "A Collection of Early American Silver Gift of Hollis French." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>27, no. 9 (November 1940): 131-142.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 136; Reproduced: p. 137
citation
Johnston, Phillip M. <em>Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994.
page_number
mentioned & reproduced P 59
creditline
Gift of Hollis French
updatedAt
2026-05-29 06:09:44.609000
sourceId
119287
dept
Decorative Art and Design
coll
Decorative Arts
med
silver
creatorTags
male
thumbnail_url
image_url
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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