Unglazed Redware Sugar Mold

Tip of a sugar mold, or cone, for refining sugar made from unglazed porous earthenware. Raw sugar was imported from the Caribbean to New York where it was refined. Sugar was packed into conical molds and a solution of water, clay, and other substances was placed atop the mold. The solution drained through the raw sugar, removing impurities. The purified sugar was then removed from the mold as a cone and wrapped in blue paper for retail sale.

• Object number

  236

• Date made

  Ca. 1750 - 1900

• Decoration

  Unglazed

• Color

  Buff

• Animals/objects

  Sugar Mold

• Category

  Industrial

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Coarse Earthenware

• Context

  1439- South Ferry - Whitehall Slip 15598.053

• Forms

  Tip

• Ware types

  Redware