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Functional object - Sugar bowl, c.1947

  • Double handled sugar bowl with hinged lid, teapot style. Cut for spoon. Embossed: R.G.H.H.

    Sugar bowl

  • Double handled sugar bowl with hinged lid, teapot style. Cut for spoon. Embossed: R.G.H.H.

    Sugar bowl

  • Double handled sugar bowl with hinged lid, teapot style. Cut for spoon. Embossed: R.G.H.H.

    Sugar bowl

  • Double handled sugar bowl with hinged lid, teapot style. Cut for spoon. Embossed: R.G.H.H.

    Sugar bowl

  • Base of sugar bowl embossed with: EXHIBIT

    Sugar bowl

  • Double handled sugar bowl with hinged lid, teapot style. Cut for spoon. Embossed: R.G.H.H.
  • Double handled sugar bowl with hinged lid, teapot style. Cut for spoon. Embossed: R.G.H.H.
  • Double handled sugar bowl with hinged lid, teapot style. Cut for spoon. Embossed: R.G.H.H.
  • Double handled sugar bowl with hinged lid, teapot style. Cut for spoon. Embossed: R.G.H.H.
  • Base of sugar bowl embossed with: EXHIBIT

Historical information

Used in the hospital setting as general kitchen ware. For patients and staff in dining rooms.
Stainless steel selected due to robust nature. Reflects an earlier era before individual serves, bulk sugar being the only availability.

Significance

Significant as it is reflective of an earlier era and a somewhat expensive and decorative piece that is no longer in use in society.

Physical description

Stainless steel sugar bowl with single hinge lid with single knob and two oval like handles, on opposite sides, Bell like in shape. Cutout in lid for spoon location is representative of a rectangular shape.

Inscriptions & markings

Embossed on lid "R.G.H.H". Embossed on bottom "EXHIBIT/ E.R.N.S.AS"

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