A silver plated sugar bowl and lid, used at Wormley's Hotel in Washington, DC. The bowl is round, with a slightly flared rim. It has two (2) curved handles attached on opposite sides near the bowl rim and an attached, rounded platform base with rim. The fully detachable lid has a rounded knob at center and a spoon notch, and a smaller concentric ring around the top of the lid at its midway point. The bowl is engraved on one side with the name [Wormley] in cursive writing. On the bottom of the bowl is the manufacturer's information [MF'D & PLATED /BY /LINSENBAYER A1].
| Date | 1871-1897 |
| Created by | George Linsenmayer |
| Used by | Wormley Hotel, American, 1871 - 1897 |
| Used by | James Wormley, American, 1819 - 1884 |
| Place made | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America |
| Place used | Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America |
| Medium | silver-plated metal |
| Dimensions | H x W x D (Overall): 3 5/8 × 5 × 3 13/16 in. (9.2 × 12.7 × 9.7 cm) |
| Dimensions | H x W x D (Without lid): 2 1/16 × 5 × 3 3/4 in. (5.2 × 12.7 × 9.5 cm) |
| Dimensions | H x W x D (Lid): 1 1/2 × 3 3/16 × 3 3/16 in. (3.8 × 8.1 × 8.1 cm) |
| Credit Line | Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Thomas Lewis |
| Object number | 2013.104.2ab |
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