Lidded Sugar Bowl
MakerPossibly made by
Enoch Wood & Sons
(English, July 1818-1846)
After a work byProbably after a wood engraving by
John Warner Barber
(American, 1798 - 1885)
Dateabout 1840
MediumMold-formed buff-colored earthenware with a blue-tinted glaze and underglaze cobalt blue decoration
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height including lid x width x depth): 7 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 3 7/8in. (18.4 x 19.1 x 9.8cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Philip H. Hammerslough
Object number1964.116.4a-b
DescriptionRectangular sugar bowl and lid made of buff-colored earthenware with a blue-tinted glaze, a type of ceramic known as pearlware. The sugar bowl (.a) has a rectangular foot with an undulating edge, and swelled sides that narrow and then swell again just below a standing rectangular rim. The sugar bowl is decorated with a pattern that is transfer-printed on each side. The pattern shows three people in a sailboat with a single mast and sail on a body of water. Two more individuals are standing and one is sitting on the shore in the near foreground. Beyond the river, a building sits on a shore at the base of a mountain. A crenellated tower is at the top of the mountain. Each pattern is surrounded on all sides by a border of white shells and light blue plants on a field of dark blue. There is a line of evenly spaced, small, white flowers at the inside and outside edges of the rim. The sugar bowl has two molded and applied handles in the shape of scrolls. They are applied at either end over the sugar bowl's two mold lines. The handles are decorated with portions of the border.
The sugar bowl also has a rectangular lid (.b) with a domed cover and a rectangular finial on top. The lid is decorated with a variation of the border described above, consisting of white shells, scrolls, and leaves on a dark blue background.
The sugar bowl has crazing over all its surfaces, which has resulted in a light brown discoloration. This is especially evident on the inside and foot of the sugar bowl. There are light scratches on the outside of the sugar bowl, especially at its widest points. Some glaze has worn off of the lower edge of the rim of the lid, resulting in a discoloration surrounding that side of the rim.
NotesSubject Note: The pattern on these ceramics, titled "WADSWORTH TOWER", shows a tower built in 1810 by Daniel Wadsworth. The tower was built on top of Talcott Mountain, on Wadsworth's country estate, "Monte Video," in the town of Avon, Connecticut. Wadsworth's home on the estate, pictured in other Staffordshire ceramics, was near Wadsworth Tower, but is not pictured in this pattern. The tower commanded a fine view of the Connecticut river valley and was a popular resort for sight seers. It was blown down in 1840.The sugar bowl also has a rectangular lid (.b) with a domed cover and a rectangular finial on top. The lid is decorated with a variation of the border described above, consisting of white shells, scrolls, and leaves on a dark blue background.
The sugar bowl has crazing over all its surfaces, which has resulted in a light brown discoloration. This is especially evident on the inside and foot of the sugar bowl. There are light scratches on the outside of the sugar bowl, especially at its widest points. Some glaze has worn off of the lower edge of the rim of the lid, resulting in a discoloration surrounding that side of the rim.
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