Minneapolis Institute of Art

Circular Bowl and Cover

Philip Syng, Jr.

Date

c. 1740–50

Medium

Silver

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

In 1949 this bowl was given to James Ford Bell by his business associates at General Mills in celebration of his 70th birthday. The silversmith who made the bowl, Philip Syng, is perhaps best known today as the maker of the inkwell used to sign the Declaration of Independence. United States, Americas

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