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

Sugar Bowl

ca. 1780-ca. 1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sugar bowl and cover of soft-paste porcelain.
Form: sides tapering to spreading foot. Ground: pale blue with oeil-de-perdrix pattern.
Decoration: classical scrolling foliage.
Lid. Knop Form: plain pointed knop


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bowl Body
  • Bowl Cover
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Sugar bowl and cover, porcelain painted in enamels and gilt with scrolling foliage, Sèvres porcelain factory, France, ca. 1780-1790
Physical description
Sugar bowl and cover of soft-paste porcelain.
Form: sides tapering to spreading foot. Ground: pale blue with oeil-de-perdrix pattern.
Decoration: classical scrolling foliage.
Lid. Knop Form: plain pointed knop
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.1cm
  • Diameter: 8.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's in blue-black enamel (Maker's mark)
  • 'CM' in blue enamel for ? Commelin (Painter's mark)
  • 'fevrier' in blue enamel (Painter's mark)
Credit line
Bequeathed by J. A. Tulk
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.798&A-1956

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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