The sugar bowl was the jewel of a Victorian tea table — lidded, footed, and fussed over, because sugar was still precious enough to deserve ceremony. The Sugar House comes from Pairpoint Manufacturing Co. of New Bedford, Massachusetts, one of the finest American metalwork houses of the era, stamped in their heaviest "quadruple plate" — which is why her engraved ferns and flowers are still crisp after 140 years. Cast handles, a domed lid with its finial intact, and pierced ornamental feet that would look at home holding up something twice her size. She'd shine on a tea tray, a vanity, or holding something sweeter than sugar — rings, notes, small treasures.
Pairpoint Mfg. Co., New Bedford, MA, circa 1880–1900. Approx. 11" tall with lid. Lid seats true; handles firm. Gentle age tarnish, never over-polished.
