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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Sugar Caster

ca. 1720-1730 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Baluster-shaped body with pierced, domed cover (both parts with pewter screw threaded mounts); the body is painted with lambrequins and swags, the cover has pierced and painted floral ornament


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in cobalt blue and red, with pewter mounts
Brief description
Tin-glazed earthenware sugar caster, painted in cobalt blue and red, with pewter mounts, made at Rouen about 1720-1730
Physical description
Baluster-shaped body with pierced, domed cover (both parts with pewter screw threaded mounts); the body is painted with lambrequins and swags, the cover has pierced and painted floral ornament
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.4cm
  • Diameter: 9.7cm
  • Weight: 0.430kg
Marks and inscriptions
'G S' painted in blue
Object history
Bought from the Aigoin Collection
Production
Acquired as Rouen, period of Louis XIV, relabelled as Rouen, early 18th century.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Arthur Lane, French Faïence, 1948
Collection
Accession number
410-1870

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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