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Sugar-basin and cover
Minton & Co. - Enlarge image
Sugar-basin and cover
- Place of origin:
Stoke-on-Trent, England (made)
- Date:
ca. 1825 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Minton & Co. (possibly, manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Bone china painted with enamels and gilded
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
- Museum number:
C.696&A-1935
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 18, shelf 5
Physical description
Sugar-basin and cover of bone china painted with enamels and gilded in imitation of Sèvres porcelain. In two panels are groups of fruit and flowers, bordered with gilt rococo scrollwork and reserved on a deep turquoise-blue ground.
[Cover (with cup and saucer)] Domed cover with a knob in the form of a gilt plum and leaves.
Place of Origin
Stoke-on-Trent, England (made)
Date
ca. 1825 (made)
Artist/maker
Minton & Co. (possibly, manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Bone china painted with enamels and gilded
Marks and inscriptions
'LL' enclosing 'R' with two dots below
Dimensions
Height: 11.1 cm
Descriptive line
Sugar-basin and cover of bone china painted with enamels and gilded, possibly Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, ca. 1825.
Materials
Enamels; Bone china
Techniques
Painted; Gilded
Subjects depicted
Flowers; Leaves; Fruit; Scrollwork; Plums
Categories
Ceramics; Bone China
Collection code
CER
