Sugar Basin
ca. 1785 (made)
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Sugar basin and cover of soft-paste porcelain, painted in colours and decorated with gilding in the Japanese style. Both are painted with sprays of prunus, chrysanthemum, and other flowers in panels separated by wide vertical dark blue bands decorated with rosettes and gilt foliage. On the top of the cover, and round the lower part of the basin is band of white foliage on a blue ground.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in colours and gilt |
| Brief description | Sugar basin and cover of soft-paste porcelain, painted in colours and gilt, Worcester porcelain factory (Flight period), England, ca. 1785 |
| Physical description | Sugar basin and cover of soft-paste porcelain, painted in colours and decorated with gilding in the Japanese style. Both are painted with sprays of prunus, chrysanthemum, and other flowers in panels separated by wide vertical dark blue bands decorated with rosettes and gilt foliage. On the top of the cover, and round the lower part of the basin is band of white foliage on a blue ground. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Flight' above a crescent (In underglaze blue) |
| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Production | Flight period |
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| Accession number | 3282&A-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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