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

Sugar-Basin and Cover

ca. 1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Cover (With Cup and Saucer)
Materials and techniques
Bone china painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Sugar-basin and cover of bone china painted with enamels and gilded, possibly Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, ca. 1825.
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'LL' enclosing 'R' with two dots below (In blue, imitating the Sèvres mark)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.696&A-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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