Object Number 1956.0098.002 A, B

Object Name

Bowl and cover (Sugar bowl)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Christian Wiltberger (Maker)
1766-1851

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1793-1819

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Base, exterior, side; "C.Wiltberger" stamped in a conforming outline
2. Mark; Base, exterior, side; "C.Wiltberger" stamped in a conforming outline
3. Inscription; Body, side; "MM" engraved
4. Inscription; Base, underside; "oz dwt / 14'' 3" incised

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

10.276 (H) , 4.685 (Diam) , 15.2736 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

26.1 (H) , 11.9 (Diam) , 433 (Weight)

Measurement Notes

Measurements above are of A and B together. Sugar bowl (A) Height (cm): 16.700 Diameter (cm): 11.900 Weight (grams): 302.000 Lid (B) Height (cm): 10.200 Diameter (cm): 10.600 Weight (grams): 129.000

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: fig. 214, p. 220.
[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: p. 469, no. 501
[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on maker and example mark, p. 451
[Book] Currier, Ernest M. 1938 Marks of Early American Silversmiths: With Notes on Silver, Spoon Types & List of New York City Silversmiths 1815-1841. 179 p.
• Example mark and brief information on maker, p. 153
[Book] Buhler, Kathryn C. & Hood, Graham. 1970 American Silver: Garvan and Other Collections in the Yale University Art Gallery.
• Other objects made by Wiltberger, p. 206, # 874
[Book] Falk, Cynthia Gayle. 2008 Architecture and Artifacts of the Pennsylvania Germans: Constructing Identity in Early America.
• Published: fig. 93, p. 179.
[Article] Minardi, Lisa. 2013 Philadelphia, Funriture, and the Pennsylvania Germans: A Reevaluation. American Furniture. 196-292.
• Published: p. 278, fig. 122.