Bowl, Sugar

Object Name:

Bowl, Sugar

Object ID:

1981.023.01.41 a-b

Date:

1840-1860

Description:

Bowl, sugar, with removable lid. Porcelain. Bulbous body with a slightly constricted neck, flaring to a wide lip with slightly scalloped edges. Two small applied handles. Shallow pedestal base. Lid is dome shaped with a floral finial. Both bowl and lid are divided into eight molded segments. Body decoration includes eight painted segments which bisect the molded segments. Segments alternate between those with blue and gold decoration and those with pink and gold decoration. The segments are separated with gold lines. The blue segments have blue paint at the top fading to white below which is a vine of gold flowers. Gold dots are painted on the blue area and the top of the segments have gold spikes. The pink segments include a solid band of pink on the upper portion over which is painted gold flowers and scrolls. Below the pink section there are gold painted circles, leaves and scrolls. The exterior of the lip is decorated with a band of pink and interior decorated with a band of gold. Exterior of handles are decorated with gold. Two gold bands are on the pedestal. Places where the handles meet the body form a leaf design with gold highlights. There are two incised marks on the bottom: the numbers "467" and "110". Decoration on the lid corresponds with the decorations on the body. No maker's marks on the lid. Object register shows "a" is the bowl and "b" is the lid.

Material:

Ceramic
Porcelain

Dimensions:

H-7.1 W-7.3 D-5.8 inches

Provenance:

Part of a tea set that belonged to the Aiken family of Franklin, NH, probably Herrick Aiken (1797-1866), great-grandfather of donor's wife, Dorothy Aiken Johnson (1900-1978). The Aiken family was known for their home knitting machines and numerous other inventions.
The donor, Rogers Bruce Johnson (1895-1987), was married to Dorothy Aiken. Dorothy's father was Charles W. Aiken (1869-) who was an MIT graduate and a soap machine inventor, of Brooklyn, NY; Charles was the son of Jonas Bradley Aiken (c.1835-), inventor, of Franklin, NH; Jonas was the son of Herrick Aiken (1797-1866), inventor, of Dracut, MA, and Franklin, NH. Rogers Johnson spent many years compiling an Aiken genealogy, and collecting and caring for Aiken materials.

Credit Line:

Gift of Rogers B. Johnson

People:

Aiken, Herrick (1797-1866), Johnson, Dorothy Aiken (1900-1978), Johnson, Rogers B. (1895-1987)

Subjects:

Bowls (Tableware), Ceramics, Porcelain, Sugar