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Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl
This is a sugar bowl. It was designed by Ilonka Karasz and manufactured by Paye & Baker Manufacturing Company. It is dated ca. 1928 and we acquired it in 2013. Its medium is nickel silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
After studying in Budapest, Karasz arrived in the United States in 1913, where a little over ten years later she began to establish herself as an influential designer in a variety of media. Although her designs show multiple references to her European past, they also display a combination of modern ideas associated with her new home. In this silver-plated sugar bowl and creamer, she developed the idea of using one form and adapting it with additional elements and parts. The use of silver-plated nickel—instead of expensive solid silver—and the pure geometric shapes that imply industrial production, made these serving pieces easy to clean and maintain.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Modern Geometry.
This object was
donated by
George R. Kravis II.
It is credited Gift of George R. Kravis II.
- Drawing, Design for a Cofeepot, Sugar Bowl and Creamer
- pen and black ink, brown ink, brown pastel (on verso), graphite on cream....
- Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra.
- 1995-164-69
- Coffee Service (USA)
- chrome-plated metal, enamel.
- Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
- 1993-150-44
- Individual coffee service Sugar Bowl & Lid, Coffee Container/base
- chromium, plastic.
- Gift of Mel Byars.
- 1991-59-104-a/d
Our curators have highlighted 4 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Sugar Bowl (Austria)
- nickel-plated brass, wood.
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Gilbert.
- 1967-85-4-q
- Dinette Sugar Bowl
- pewter, ebonized wood.
- Gift of Marilyn Friedman.
- 2013-57-3
- The Cube Sugar Bowl
- silver-plated metal, gilding (interior).
- Gift of Nicholas Harris, London.
- 1986-12-2
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 7.5 x 13.7 x 11 cm (2 15/16 x 5 3/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Impressed on underside of handle: [1] E.P.N.S./P&B (each within a heart) [2] 551
Cite this object as
Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl; Designed by Ilonka Karasz ((American, born Hungary, 1896–1981)); Manufactured by Paye & Baker Manufacturing Company (United States); USA; nickel silver; H x W x D: 7.5 x 13.7 x 11 cm (2 15/16 x 5 3/8 x 4 5/16 in.); Gift of George R. Kravis II; 2013-54-2
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Ilonka Karasz, Works from the Collection and Energizing the Everyday: Gifts From the George R. Kravis II Collection.
