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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A Dundee
Scottish Design Galleries, V&A Dundee

Sugar Bowl

first half 20th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Decorated in enamel colours


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, lead glazed, painted in enamel colours
Brief description
Sugar bowl, earthenware, lead glazed and painted in enamel colours, decorated by Jessie M King
Physical description
Decorated in enamel colours
Dimensions
  • Height: 5cm
  • Diameter: 7.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
rabbit in brown, a gate and initials JMK
Translation
the gate stood for the 'Green Gate Close' in Kirkcudbright where King lived and had a studio
Gallery label
Sugar bowl Decorated by Jessie M. King, Glasgow, about 1900-30 Lead-glazed earthenware C.187-1977(23/05/2008)
Production
King tended to decorate factory blanks and signed them with a distinctive rabbit, green gate to stand for her studio in Kirkcudbright, and her initials
Bibliographic reference
ed. Burkhauser, Jude: Glasgow Girls, women in art and design 1880 - 1920, (Edinburgh, 1993)
Collection
Accession number
C.187-1977

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Record createdNovember 22, 1999
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