Silver sugar basin

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This silver sugar bowl was made around 1760 by Glasgow silversmith, Adam Graham.

The bowl is pear-shaped and has a domed moulded foot.

From the early 18th century onwards, as the fashionable habit of tea drinking spread, the demand for sugar to sweeten it also increased.

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• Online ID: 000-100-086-191-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEQ 618
• Date: Around 1760
  c. 1760
  
• Material: Silver. Inscription: AG [in a box]; [Glasgow mark]
  Basin, sugar
  
• Dimensions: 100 mm H x 108 mm Dia (Rim); 72 mm Dia (Base)
  
• What: Basin, sugar
  
• Subject: Gold and silver (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: Adam Graham, Glasgow (Silversmith)
  
• Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
  
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• Description: Pear-shaped silver sugar basin on a domed and moulded foot, by Adam Graham, Glasgow, c. 1760
  
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