Lidded Sugar Bowl
MakerPossibly made by
Staffordshire potteries
(English, 17th century-present)
Dateabout 1820-1840
MediumMold-formed porcelain with pink luster decoration and red, green, and black enamel
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height including lid x width x depth): 7 x 5 x 4 1/2in. (17.8 x 12.7 x 11.4cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Grace Clarkson Wilcox
Object number1935.2.25.4a,b
DescriptionOne porcelain sugar bowl and lid with pink luster decoration. The sugar bowl is part of a larger group of teawares consisting of two teapots, a cream pitcher, a sugar bowl and slop bowl, eight teacups, eight saucers, three plates, and one coffee cup. Each piece is decorated at the rim with a line of pink luster, or gold luster, applied directly to the porcelain to give it a pink appearance, and a border. The border consists of a band of pink luster grapes, green enamel leaves, and red enamel tendrils on a black vine.
The sides of the sugar bowl (.a) swell from a rectangular foot and narrow again before the side neck and narrower rim. There are two mold lines on the sugar bowl, one at either end, below a molded and applied handle. The sugar bowl is decorated at the rim with two lines of pink luster, then with the grape, leaf, and vine border circling the sides. The handles have additional pink luster decoration in an abstract geometric motif. The lid (.b) of the sugar bowl is decorated with the same pink luster at the rim with a grape, leaf, and vine border inside. It has a small, domed, rectangular finial outlined in pink luster.
The luster decoration on the sugar bowl is in good condition, and shows sign of wear at the edge of the rim. The base and lower sides have hairline cracks; some have yellowed, and one has split apart completely. There are two chips in the wide lip on the rim and several small hairline cracks.
The sides of the sugar bowl (.a) swell from a rectangular foot and narrow again before the side neck and narrower rim. There are two mold lines on the sugar bowl, one at either end, below a molded and applied handle. The sugar bowl is decorated at the rim with two lines of pink luster, then with the grape, leaf, and vine border circling the sides. The handles have additional pink luster decoration in an abstract geometric motif. The lid (.b) of the sugar bowl is decorated with the same pink luster at the rim with a grape, leaf, and vine border inside. It has a small, domed, rectangular finial outlined in pink luster.
The luster decoration on the sugar bowl is in good condition, and shows sign of wear at the edge of the rim. The base and lower sides have hairline cracks; some have yellowed, and one has split apart completely. There are two chips in the wide lip on the rim and several small hairline cracks.
Status
On view
