- On View
- Making a Way Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Created by
- Linsenmayer, George
- Used by
- Wormley Hotel, American, 1871 - 1897
- Wormley, James, American, 1819 - 1884
- Date
- 1871-1897
- Medium
- silver-plated metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Overall): 3 5/8 × 5 × 3 13/16 in. (9.2 × 12.7 × 9.7 cm)
- H x W x D (Without lid): 2 1/16 × 5 × 3 3/4 in. (5.2 × 12.7 × 9.5 cm)
- H x W x D (Lid): 1 1/2 × 3 3/16 × 3 3/16 in. (3.8 × 8.1 × 8.1 cm)
- Description
- A silver plated sugar bowl and lid, used at Wormley's Hotel in Washington, DC. The bowl is round, with a slightly flared rim. It has two (2) curved handles attached on opposite sides near the bowl rim and an attached, rounded platform base with rim. The fully detachable lid has a rounded knob at center and a spoon notch, and a smaller concentric ring around the top of the lid at its midway point. The bowl is engraved on one side with the name [Wormley] in cursive writing. On the bottom of the bowl is the manufacturer's information [MF'D & PLATED /BY /LINSENBAYER A1].
- Place made
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
- Type
- sugar bowls
- Topic
- Black Enterprise
- Business
- Cooking and dining
- Craftsmanship
- Design
- Local and regional
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Thomas Lewis
- Object number
- 2013.104.2ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




