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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 Bowl

ca. 1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sugar-basin with cover and stand of porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded. Painted with borders of cornflowers and foliage in various colours and gold, and with scattered sprigs and rosebuds.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Tureen
  • Cover
  • Stand
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded
Brief description
Sugar-basin with cover and stand of porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded, Rockingham Ceramic Factory, Swinton, ca. 1830.
Physical description
Sugar-basin with cover and stand of porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded. Painted with borders of cornflowers and foliage in various colours and gold, and with scattered sprigs and rosebuds.
Marks and inscriptions
'457' (In red)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
One of two with C.778 to B-1935.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.778C to E-1935

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Record createdAugust 6, 2009
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