Lidded Sugar Bowl
MakerMade by
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd.
(English, 1895 - present)
RetailerSold by
G. Fox and Co.
(American, founded 1847)
Original OwnerOriginally owned by
Marie P. Coburn
Date1962
MediumMechanically-molded cream-colored earthenware with underglaze red decoration
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height including lid x diameter): 5 x 2 5/8in. (12.7 x 6.7cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Marie P. Coburn
Object number1998.69.0.2a-b
DescriptionRound, cream-colored earthenware lidded sugar bowl, a type of ceramic known as creamware. The sugar bowl is part of a larger group of tea and dinner wares consisting of one creamer (.1), a lidded sugar bowl (.2a-b), four teacups (.3-.6), six saucers (.7-.12), six bread-and-butter plates (.13-.18), seven dinner plates (.19-.25) and six smaller plates (.26-.31). The group of tea and dinner wares is decorated with the same red, underglaze, transfer-printed elements, generally a pattern and border. The pattern consists of a branch containing several of the same kind of flower, the mountain laurel. The border consists of a trailing vine with leaves, interrupted periodically by a cluster of five of these same flowers. Various ceramics in the set are decorated with a shield containing three vines on three trellises.
Sugar Bowl (a): The sugar bowl sits on a round foot. It has swelled, ribbed sides and narrows below the rim. The pattern described above is printed twice, once on opposite sides of the sugar bowl. Above one pattern, just below the rim, is a shield containing three vines on three trellises. On the opposite side above the pattern, just below the rim, is a shield showing the top levels of a square, Gothic-style tower.
Lid (b): The round lid is ribbed as well, and has a small finial in the center, in the shape of a bud. Around the flower, at the rim of the lid, is the border of trailing vines and leaves, all periodically interrupted by three clusters of three flowers.
Sugar Bowl (a): The sugar bowl sits on a round foot. It has swelled, ribbed sides and narrows below the rim. The pattern described above is printed twice, once on opposite sides of the sugar bowl. Above one pattern, just below the rim, is a shield containing three vines on three trellises. On the opposite side above the pattern, just below the rim, is a shield showing the top levels of a square, Gothic-style tower.
Lid (b): The round lid is ribbed as well, and has a small finial in the center, in the shape of a bud. Around the flower, at the rim of the lid, is the border of trailing vines and leaves, all periodically interrupted by three clusters of three flowers.
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