Sugar Caster
ca. 1720-1730 (made)
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Tapering cylindrical body, with pierced, domed cover (both parts with screw thread), the body painted with panels with lambrequins and swags, and the cover with floral ornament
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in cobalt blue |
| Brief description | Tin-glazed earthenware sugar caster, painted in cobalt blue, made at Rouen about 1720-1730 |
| Physical description | Tapering cylindrical body, with pierced, domed cover (both parts with screw thread), the body painted with panels with lambrequins and swags, and the cover with floral ornament |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '* 2 * ' (?) painted in blue inside caster |
| Object history | Bought from the Aigoin Collection |
| Production | Acquired as Rouen, period of Louis XIV, relabelled as Rouen, early 18th century. For a similar Rouen caster dated to about 1720-30 see Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, exhibition catalogue, 'Faïences Françaies, XVIe-XVIIIe siècles', 1980, cat. 292. |
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| Accession number | 442-1870 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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