{"id":2792,"date":"2014-08-23T12:03:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T16:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=2792"},"modified":"2014-08-23T12:03:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T16:03:19","slug":"girl-of-lily-sugar-bowl-c-1860","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=2792","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Girl of Lily&#8221; sugar bowl, c.1860"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What looks like a glass goblet is actually a sugar bowl. Made in the mid 19th century by the McKee Glass Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this EAPG (Early American Pattern Glass) stemmed sugar bowl is made of flint glass and has a\u00a0raised &#8220;Girl of Lily&#8221; pattern, also called &#8220;Eve&#8221; and &#8220;Little Eva&#8221;, on three sides. It stands 6&#8243; \u00a0tall and has an opening of 4-3\/8&#8243; \u00a0and is quite heavy, characteristic of flint glass, which has a large lead content. Another characteristic is its durability, though at some point in the 1800s, the sugar bowl slipped out of the hands of its carrier and the base snapped off. Luckily it wasn&#8217;t a salt container, as\u00a0some believe that spilling salt is an evil omen. Spilled sugar, not so much. But it seems someone in the house was handy, as a nicely turned wood base was made to replace the broken original base and the sugar bowl was passed around the dinner table once again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20051.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2794\" title=\"IMG_2005\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20051.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20051.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20051-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/detail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2795\" title=\"detail\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/detail.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/detail-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/detail-299x300.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2796\" title=\"IMG_2006\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2006.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2006-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This photo shows the sugar bowl\u00a0intact with the original lid and base.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/girl-of-lily.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9185\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/girl-of-lily.jpg\" alt=\"girl of lily\" width=\"359\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/girl-of-lily.jpg 359w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/girl-of-lily-177x300.jpg 177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the book\u00a0Much More Early American Pattern Glass by Alice Hulett Metz, 1965<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What looks like a glass goblet is actually a sugar bowl. Made in the mid 19th century by the McKee Glass Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this EAPG (Early American Pattern Glass) stemmed sugar bowl is made of flint glass and has a\u00a0raised &#8220;Girl of Lily&#8221; pattern, also called &#8220;Eve&#8221; and &#8220;Little Eva&#8221;, on three sides. 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