Bowl, Sugar
- Object Name:
- Bowl, Sugar
- Object ID:
- 1955.205 a-b
- Place of Origin:
- Europe
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Sugar bowl with removable lid. Porcelain. Faceted, bulbous body with round protruding rim, two floral lug handles, and scalloped pedestal base. White body with hand painted blue and gold decoration as well as polychrome decals. Blue band on upper part of body edged in gold; two gold flowers within the blue band. Below blue band are four clusters of flowers applied in decal. Colors include purple, blue, orange, yellow, green and black. Eight decal floral sprigs on rim in same colors. Two gold bands around bottom of bowl. Handle also edged in gold. Two gold bands around rim. Marks on bottom include a purple square with a dot in the center, and a red "521" and X. The domed shaped lid has a floral finial. Lid is also decorated with blue and gold hand painted design and polychrome decals. Underside of lid marked with a red X.
OBJECT REGISTER:
a. body
b. lid - Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-5.5 D-6.4 Dia-8.8 inches
- Provenance:
- Given in memory of the donor's aunt, Ellen Cuthbert Roberts (1857-) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who according to typed statement from donor, "cared for them during her long life and then left them to me." This set was a wedding gift to Ellen Cuthbert Robert's parents, Ellen Chase (1831-1912) and Anthony Cuthbert Roberts (1826-1891) of Philadelphia, PA., who married in 1853. Ellen Cuthbert Roberts was unmarried, and resided with her parents until their death.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Alice Roberts Turner, in memory of Ellen Cuthbert Roberts
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