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Object Timeline

1905	Work on this object began.
1926	Work on this object ended.
1986	We acquired this object.
2006	We photographed this object.
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The Cube Sugar Bowl

This is a sugar bowl. It was designed by Robert Crawford Johnson and manufactured by Thomas Webb & Sons and distributed by Cube Teapots, Ltd.. It is dated ca. 1915–16 and we acquired it in 1986. Its medium is silver-plated metal, gilding (interior). It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Nicholas Harris. It is credited Gift of Nicholas Harris, London.

Inverted cone-shaped body with angled wide-rimmed circular mouth and cross-form base; triangular narrow spout opposite vertical tubular handle with flat horizontal mounts at rim and lower body. Shiny metal surface with a small amount of tarnish.

Creamer Creamer, ca. 1928
nickel silver.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2013-54-3

Inverted cone-shaped body with angled wide-rimmed circular mouth and cross-form base; two vertical tubular handles with flat horizontal mounts at rim and base. Shiny metal surface with a small amount of tarnish.

Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl
nickel silver.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2013-54-2

A vertical gouache postcard with a large orange rectangle taking up the majority of the space, the rectangle is largely filled with three beige cubes with black shadows decreasing in size from top to bottom, the largest cube veering towards the right, the medium sized cube veering towards the left and the smallest cube placed in the center. Black capitalised German text is written underneath in a small beige field which reads [BAUHAUS AUSSTELLUNG WEIMAR IUNI - SEPT. 23], meaning [Bauhaus Exhibition Weimar June to September 1923.

Design For Postcard, Bauhaus Ausstellung Weimar (Bauhaus Exhibition Weimar),...
gouache.
Collection of Merrill C. Berman.
15.2019.3

Its dimensions are

7 x 9 x 9 cm (2 3/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Marks: Stamped underside "THE 'CUBE' TRADE MARK/Regd No.693781/CUBE TEAPOTS LTD LEICESTER" and "SOLE MANUFACTURER IN METAL T.W.& S." Stamped inside box: "The 'Cube' TRADE MARK/Regd No 6937831/CUBE TEAPOTS Ltd. LEICESTER" "SOLE MANUFACTURERS IN METAL T.W. & S." ¤

Cite this object as

The Cube Sugar Bowl; Designed by Robert Crawford Johnson (b. 1883); Manufactured by Thomas Webb & Sons; Distributed by Cube Teapots, Ltd.; England; silver-plated metal, gilding (interior); 7 x 9 x 9 cm (2 3/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Gift of Nicholas Harris, London; 1986-12-2

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Drd4/
Accession Number 1986-12-2
Object ID 18620439