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

Sugar Bowl

1805-1810 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and 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
Collection
Accession number
C.492A-1935

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Record createdJuly 10, 2009
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