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Bowl, Sugar

Object Name:
Bowl, Sugar
Object ID:
1914.014.236 a-b
Place of Origin:
Staffordshire District, England
Date:
1790
Description:
Sugar Bowl with Cover. Pearlware, earthenware. Plain round bowl with plain lid and foot ring. Slightly dome shaped lid with acorn final. Ridge lines visible on bottom of bowl and lid from turning process. Handpainted polychrome design on exterior include wide band near rim with yellow and blue flowers, green leaves, and brown line through the middle. Greenish brown lines above and below floral band. Single greenish brown line near base. Decoration repeated on lid.
Material:
Ceramic
Earthenware - Pearlware
Dimensions:
H-5.1 Dia-4.3 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:
Flowers, Leaves
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