Sweetmeat Basket

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Gallery 103, American Art, first floor (Miller/Worley Gallery)

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Sweetmeat Basket

1770-1780

Artist/maker unknown, English Sold by Charles Hall (American, 1742–1783)

Sweetmeats served in the eighteenth century included sugared fruit, flowers, nuts, seeds, wafers, cakes, biscuits, drops, pastilles of sugar, and fruit juice and fruit leather. Descendants of these delights are available today in glacéed apricots, peaches, and pineapple; candied orange and lemon peel; Turkish delight, gum drops, jujubes, lemon drops, chewy penny candy figures, creamy peppermint drops, Jordan almonds, marzipan fruits and vegetables, and chocolate pastilles covered with white nonpareils.

Gallery 103, American Art, first floor (Miller/Worley Gallery)

Object Details

Titles:

Sweetmeat Basket

Date:

1770-1780

Artists:

Artist/maker unknown, English Sold by Charles Hall (American, 1742–1783)

Medium:

Silver

Dimensions:

1 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (4.4 x 17.1 x 14 cm) Height (with handle up): 4 7/8 inches (12.4 cm) Weight: 11 ounces 9 dwt

Classification:

Containers

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Richardson Fund and with the partial gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Brunson DePass, Jr., 1994

Accession Number:

1994-78-1

Geography:

Made in London, England, Europe

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Gallery 103, American Art, first floor (Miller/Worley Gallery)

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