ca. 1855
American
Metalwork
Containers-Vessels
Decorative Arts
silver
Place Made,United States,Virginia, Richmond
Overall: 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (19.05 × 19.05 × 11.43 cm)
64.55.193a-b
Not on view
The sugar bowl is marked PURE COIN, shield and eagle and letter "U" on bottom. The creampot is marked MITHCELL & TYLER incuse on bottom.
Both the sugar bowl and creampot are engraved "FBK to TP" in bright-cut and pricked mantling.
Gift of G. Alexander and Mary G. Robertson, The G. Alexander Robertson and Mary G. Robertson Collection
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