Bowl, Sugar

Object Name:

Bowl, Sugar

Object ID:

1936.004.01.04 a-b

Place of Origin:

England

Date:

1880-1900

Description:

Sugar bowl with lid. Soft paste porcelain. White body with hand painted gold decoration. Bowl is rectangular in shape with cut corners. Two projecting lug handles. Base ring present. Decorated with gold on rim, base and handles; vertical gold lines divide the body into sixteen segments. Lid is stepped and is also rectangular with cut corners; lid has a spade shaped finial. Lid is decorated with gold bands as well as gold lines radiating from the finial, forming fourteen segments. Adhesive tape on inner surfaces of bowl and lid, hand written, "Gift of M. Jewell 1938". Incised marks on bottom, "O" and "H".

Material:

Ceramic
Porcelain - Soft paste

Dimensions:

H-4.75 L-4.75 D-3 inches

Provenance:

Gift of Margaret Jewell; no provenance given.
Several donations from Miss Jewell at this time were from the estate of her sister, Susan E. Jewell Sanger (1854-1936) of Boston, MA; it is likely that this set was part of that estate.

Credit Line:

Gift of Margaret H. Jewell

People:

Jewell, Susan E. (1854-1936), Sanger, George P. (1852-1912), Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)

Subjects:

Tea, Tea ceremonies, Trade, Imports