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Bowl, Sugar

Object Name:
Bowl, Sugar
Object ID:
2004.043.104
Creator:
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)Artist
Place of Origin:
Portsmouth, NH
Date:
1889
Description:
Sugar bowl with cover, porcelain, handpainted by Helen Pearson (1870-1949), Portsmouth, NH. White octagonal bowl with knobs in shape of Venus (turqouise glaze). Panels of wildflowers alternating with panels of scrolled designs in gold paint. Cover: white, octagonal two-tiered with oval-shaped knob (turquoise glaze); panels of wildflowers alternating with panels of circle designs in gold paint. Signed on bottom, "Helen Pearson. / 1889." One of a pair.
Material:
Ceramic
Porcelain
Dimensions:
H-4 W-4 Dia-3.3 inches
Provenance:
From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
Subjects:
Flowers
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