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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Sugar Basin and Cover

ca. 1805 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sugar basin and cover of lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels, with butterflies, and the edges are gilded.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Sugar Basin
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Sugar basin and cover, lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and gilded, painted by William Weston Young, Cambrian Pottery, Swansea, ca. 1805.
Physical description
Sugar basin and cover of lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels, with butterflies, and the edges are gilded.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.9cm
  • Diameter: 14.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'P. Lucina' (Painted in black)
  • 'P. Artaxerxes' (Painted in black)
  • 'P. Atalanta' (Painted in black)
  • 'P. Io' (Painted in black)
  • 'P. Argus' (Painted in black)
Gallery label
Sugar basin and cover Painted by W W Young, made at the Swansea pottery, about 1805 Marks: 'P. Lucina', 'P. Artaxerxes', 'P. Atalanta' and 'P. Io', painted in black Lead-glazed earthenware 3481&A-1901 Jermyn Street Collection(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Towner, Donald. Creamware. London : Faber & Faber, 1978. 179 p., pl. 94a and see p. 180.
Collection
Accession number
3481&A-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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