Sugar Bowl and Creamer

1790-1800

This matched set of covered sugar bowl and creamer is fashioned in the fluted Neoclassical style so popular with Revere's postwar clients. Urn-shaped sugar bowls, both plain and fluted, appear repeatedly in Revere's ledgers as "sugar urns" or "fluted sugar vases."

The helmet-shaped creampot with high looped handle and square plinth also epitomizes neoclassical taste. Each piece is engraved with bright-cut bands of tasseled swags and wave scroll ornament. According to family tradition, these objects were made as a gift for a Virginia bride.