sugar bowl with lid, unknown maker from Mexico

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sugar bowl with lid
sugar bowl with lid
sugar bowl with lid
late 1800s–1998
sugar bowl with lid , late 1800s–1998
Where object was made: Mexico
Material/technique: ceramic; glaze
Dimensions:
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): measured together 12.5 x 10 cm
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 4 15/16 x 3 15/16 in
Credit line: The Father Felix Nolte Collection from the Benedictine College Museum
Accession number: 2007.4661.a,b
On display: Stewart Gallery
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From the 1500s through the early 1800s, sugar was one of the most prized and lucrative European imports. It was also a significant driver of the transatlantic slave trade. Captured Africans were shipped to Caribbean Islands to harvest sugar on plantations, which would be processed and shipped to New England and elsewhere. These decorative bowls speak to growing appetites for sugar and prompt you to consider how sugar was obtained—and at what cost?
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From the 1500s through the early 1800s, sugar was one of the most prized and lucrative European imports. It was also a significant driver of the transatlantic slave trade. Captured Africans were shipped to Caribbean Islands to harvest sugar on plantations, which would be processed and shipped to New England and elsewhere. These decorative bowls speak to growing appetites for sugar and prompt you to consider how sugar was obtained—and at what cost?

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Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator
2022–2027