Sugar Bowl

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

Artist/Maker	Barr, Flight & Barr (factory)
Place of origin	Worcester (made)

Oval sugar bowl of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and with two branching gilt handles. On either side are landscapes in medallions of Logan Stone in Devonshire and the Wye, near Goodrich Castle. Decorated with a wide border of anthemion ornament and the surface is covered with a vermiculated pattern in gold.

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Categories	Ceramics Porcelain
Object type	Sugar bowl
Materials and techniques	Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded Soft Paste Porcelain Enamels Painted Gilded
Brief description	Oval sugar bowl of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and with two branching gilt handles, factory of Barr, Flight & Barr, Worcester, 1805-1810.
Physical description	Oval sugar bowl of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and with two branching gilt handles. On either side are landscapes in medallions of Logan Stone in Devonshire and the Wye, near Goodrich Castle. Decorated with a wide border of anthemion ornament and the surface is covered with a vermiculated pattern in gold.
Dimensions	Height: 11.4cm Length: 17.1cm
Marks and inscriptions	'B F B' under a crown (Impressed) 'Scene on the Wye, near Goodrich Castle' (Written in red on the base) 'Logan Stone, near Drew Steignton, Devonshire' (Written in red on the base) 'BARR FLIGHT & BARR / Royal Porcelain Works / WORCESTER. / London-House / FLIGHT & BARR / Coventry Street' within an oval surrounded by 'Manufacturers to theirMajesties, Prince of Wales, and Royal Family.Established 1751' and surmounted by a crown and Prince of Wales' feathers (Printed in red)
Credit line	Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history	Part of a tea and coffee service C.492 to BB-1935.
Subjects depicted	Landscapes Vermiculated Anthemion Border Medallions
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.492A-1935

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Record created	July 10, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1135025/sugar-bowl-barr-flight/

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