Sugar basin

Description

Silver sugar basin, ribbed oval with two handles, part of a silver tea service presented to James Taylor, founder of the Ceylon tea and cinchona industries: English, Sheffield, by Mappin and Webb, 1891 - 1892

Museum reference

K.2000.199.3

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Sugar basin

Production information

Mappin and Webb
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, Northern Europe

Date

1891 - 1892

Materials

Silver

Physical description

Silver

Associations

Previous owner and great grand uncle of donor: Taylor, James, 1835 - 1892
Sri Lanka, South Asia