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Bowl, Sugar

Object Name:
Bowl, Sugar
Object ID:
1914.014.215 a-b
Place of Origin:
Staffordshire, England
Date:
1810-1820
Description:
Sugar Bowl. Whiteware. Molded body with relief decoration on feet and finial of cover. Handles on bowl are shaped like turtles' mouths. Bowl is striped in red--both pieces are decorated with strawberries, roses, large green leaves and curling tendrils. Molded floral finial is dotted with dark red. Impressed "x" on the bottom as well as the number "2" written in ink. Tape residue on the interior of the lid.
Material:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
H-6 W-8.5 D-4.9 inches
Provenance:
Collected by Martha Durgin (b.1833) of Concord, NH. She probably began her collection in the late 1880s-early 1890s.
Credit Line:
Gift of Martha E. Durgin
Subjects:
Fruit, Strawberries
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