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Object Name |
Bowl, Sugar |
Catalog Number |
1999.014.00003d |
Date |
ca. 1904 |
Description |
Silver sugar bowl with no lid; has large "M" engraved on its side. Part of a seven-piece silver tea service. |
Dimensions |
H-3.75 Dia-6 inches |
Owned |
Lucy Lee Hill McGill; James McGill; R. E. Lee Camp No. 1 |
Made |
Poole Silver Company |
Provenance |
Mrs. Lucy Lee Hill McGill and her spouse James McGill owned this silver tea service. Lucy Lee Hill McGill was the daughter of Gen. A. P. Hill; she was known as the "Second Daughter of the Confederacy." Her uncles were Gen. John Hunt Morgan and Gen. Basil Duke. Gen. Robert E. Lee was her godfather. This silver tea service was "Presented to Past Grand Commander James MacGill and Wife By Members of R E Lee Camp No. 1 C. V. Richmond, VA Nov 16, 1904" (inscription on tray). James McGill was Lucy Lee Hill's husband. |
People |
MacGill, Lucy Lee Hill [Mrs. James] McGill, James Hill, Lucy Lee |
Search Terms |
R. E. Lee Camp No. 1 Richmond, Virginia U.C.V. UCV United Confederate Veterans |