Bowl, Sugar
- Object Name:
- Bowl, Sugar
- Object ID:
- 1967.040.02 a-b
- Place of Origin:
- Staffordshire, England
- Date:
- circa 1865
- Description:
- Sugar Bowl with Cover. Soft paste porcelain. Bulbous body with slightly narrowing neck and scalloped rim. Two applied handles in the shapes of rings which are applied over molded leaf design. Shallow base ring present. Mold lines present. Lid is domed shaped with a bud finial. Bowl and lid are both white and decorated with applied blue sprig decoration. Sprigs are of grape clusters and vines. Calling card found inside bowl with the name, "Mrs. John Francis Morrill" in script lettering.
OBJECT REGISTER:
a. sugar bowl
b. lid - Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Soft paste - Dimensions:
- H-6.6 W-5.625 Dia-5.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Tea set with history of being "bought for Angeline Nutting Bailey by her husband Willis W. Bailey (1831-1907) of Merrimack, N.H., on his return from the civil war." Donor wrote, "my grandmother was given the set a good many years ago and only used it on extraordinary occasions." Donor's grandmother was Angeline Nutting Bailey (1831-1907) of Mason, Merrimack, and Hillsboro, NH. Donor also wrote, "I have been left or given [the set] with the proviso that it be given to [the New Hampshire Historical Society]."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Harald W. Abbott
- Subjects:
- Tea, Tea ceremonies, Imports, Trade
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