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

Sugar Ladle

ca. 1775-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Circular pierced bowl and handle with moulded scrollwork picked out in gilding


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Creamware (faïence fine), with pierced decoration and gilding
Brief description
Creamware sugar ladle with pierced decoration and gilding, made in France about 1775-1800
Physical description
Circular pierced bowl and handle with moulded scrollwork picked out in gilding
Credit line
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
Object history
Acquisition type: Gift
Production
Acquired as French, Paris, late 18th-early 19th century; reattributed to perhaps Pont-aux-Choux, late 18th-century. Examined by Christian Maire November 2004, who attributed it to Pont-aux-Choux.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
1391-1902

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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