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Bowl, Sugar

Object Name:
Bowl, Sugar
Object ID:
1914.014.147 a-b
Place of Origin:
England
Date:
circa 1820
Description:
Sugar Bowl with Cover. Red earthenware body, silver lusterware. Helmet-shaped body with short molded, footed base, with design on sides just above base consisting of vertical, curving lines - in relief - 1 1/2 inches long. Small handles with same design are projected on either end. Flattened, concave shoulder beneath short straight neck which has vertical ribbing. Cover almost covered with same design - finial edge beaded, row of tiny dots in center. Exterior is fully silvered: interior has clear glaze.
Object register:
a. body
b. lid
Material:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
H-4.6 W-5.6 D-4.1 inches
Provenance:
Ceramics collected by Martha E. Durgin (1833-1916) of Concord, NH. She began collecting in the late 1880s and donated the collection to the Society in 1914.
Credit Line:
Gift of Martha E. Durgin
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