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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 Turren

1767 (dated), 1838 (altered)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sugar tureen with fixed stand and cover, porcelain. The two parts, which do not match, are painted in polychrome enamels with scattered bouquets (tureen) and fruit and branches (cover).
Mounts: The silver mount on the tureen has been dated as c. 1838


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Sugar Basin
  • Sugar Basin Cover
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, and with silver mount
Brief description
Sugar tureen with fixed stand and cover, porcelain, painted in enamels, and with silver mount, Mennecy porcelain factory, France, 1767
Physical description
Sugar tureen with fixed stand and cover, porcelain. The two parts, which do not match, are painted in polychrome enamels with scattered bouquets (tureen) and fruit and branches (cover).
Mounts: The silver mount on the tureen has been dated as c. 1838
Marks and inscriptions
'f B 1767' or 'N 3 1767' (incised on the cover)
Credit line
Given by W. J. Sainsbury
Production
Silver mount of about 1838.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.107&A-1972

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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