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Bowl, Sugar

Object Name:
Bowl, Sugar
Object ID:
2011.002.02.1
Creator:
Maddock, John & Sons
Place of Origin:
Burslem, Staffordshire, England
Date:
1896-1906
Description:
Sugar bowl and cover, part of a hotel dinner service from the Crawford House, White Mountains, NH. One of two sugar bowls. Glazed white vitreous stone earthenware. Molded cylindrical body with two applied handles in form of faces with green highlights. Crest printed in green on one side, with eagle above and "FORTUNA JUVAT AUDACES" in a banner. Three thin green stripes around body. Green printed maker's mark on bottom: lion, "VITRIFIED" in banner, and "JOHN MADDOCK & SONS / ENGLAND". Domed cover with Crawford House crest on one side, two thin green stripes, and button finial with green ridges.

A. Bowl
B. Cover
Material:
Ceramic
Earthenware
Dimensions:
H-4.6 W-5.3 Dia-4.7 inches
Provenance:
Collection assembled by Peggy Ann Shaw Grant (1933-2010) from the 1976 auction of the contents of the Crawford House at Crawford Notch, NH. The hotel closed in 1975.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Peggy Ann Shaw Grant
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