Bowl, Sugar

Object Name:

Bowl, Sugar

Object ID:

1936.003.03.25 a-b

Creator:

Spode, Josiah; Copeland and Garrett

Place of Origin:

Staffordshire, England

Date:

1840 - 1850

Description:

Sugar bowl with lid, black transfer-printed pearlware. Eight-sided sugar bowl with globular body, set on octagonal, outward flaring foot, 4 3/8 inches in diameter. Outward-flaring, octagonal rim. All eight sides, on body and rim, are slightly concave. a continuous series of molded circle segments surrounds body at point where it begins to narrow below rim. Two vertically oriented loop handles. Bat-printed, underglaze designs in black, obverse and reverse, with pastoral scenes including female figure carrying water on yoke, flowers, trees and Chinese temple. border on inner side of rim composed of a regularly curving black band with pendent flowers and scrolls. Scrolled border on exterior surface of rim. Flowers and scrolls on tops of handles. Stylized shell on foot, obverse and reverse, accompanied by scrollwork. High, domed cover with octagonal outline and ogee profile. Finial has same shape as cover. Pastoral scenes on cover, obverse and reverse. Floral design on finial. Impressed mark on bottom of bowl: "NS", which is a ware mark sometimes used on Spode's and Copeland and Garrett's "New Stone" body. Part of a set.

Material:

Ceramic
Earthenware - Pearl ware

Dimensions:

H-7.375 W-3.375 D-5.625 Dia-6.125 inches

Provenance:

No provenance provided with this bequest.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Alice E. Peabody

People:

Peabody, Alice E. (1859-1936)

Subjects:

Tea, Tea ceremonies, Trade, Imports