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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Sugar Bowl

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sugar bowl of porcelain, painted with enamels, in the form of an oval basket with applied yellow flowers at the point of intersection, and supported on a rococo scrolled base which is slightly gilded, and round the top are applied flowers and foliage.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and slightly gilded
Brief description
Sugar bowl of porcelain, painted with enamels, in the form of an oval basket with applied yellow flowers, made by Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Sugar bowl of porcelain, painted with enamels, in the form of an oval basket with applied yellow flowers at the point of intersection, and supported on a rococo scrolled base which is slightly gilded, and round the top are applied flowers and foliage.
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Part of a pair of bowls and covers 414:360/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 336 to C)
The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mrs Haliburton, Isleworth, for £5 in 1867.
Acquired as Chelsea porcelain.
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 336B - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:360/B-1885

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Record createdJanuary 6, 2009
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