Object Record
Metadata
Object Name |
Bowl, Sugar |
Catalog Number |
0985.07.00159, a-b |
Description |
The sugar bowl consists of a silver bowl on stand with a broken blue glass inner liner (.159a) and a silver lid (.159b). No marks. |
Dimensions |
H-7.5 inches |
Owned |
George Babcock |
Owner Regiment |
1st Rhode Island Infantry |
Event |
capture and occupation of Richmond, Virginia, 1865-1870 |
Provenance |
The sugar bowl is reportedly to have been taken from the White House of the Confederacy in Richmond at the close of the war by George Babcock, who was a member of the 1st Rhode Island Infantry. |
People |
Davis, Jefferson Davis family Babcock, George |
Search Terms |
Confederate Executive Mansion Confederate White House Executive Mansion capture and occupation of Richmond, Virginia, 1865-1870 items captured by Union soldiers items taken items taken by Union soldiers White House of the Confederacy |