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

Sugar Bowl

ca. 1942 (designed), ca. 1946 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sugar bowl, cream-coloured earthenware with enamel decoration painted under a clear glaze. The sugar bowl is circular with deep sides, curving outwards and a deep footring. The interior has a band of brick-red rectangles around its well, above which is the wide band of grey.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware painted with enamel colours
Brief description
Sugar bowl, earthenware painted with enamel colours, designed by Susie Cooper ca. 1942 and made by Susie Cooper Pottery Co., Burslem, ca. 1946
Physical description
Sugar bowl, cream-coloured earthenware with enamel decoration painted under a clear glaze. The sugar bowl is circular with deep sides, curving outwards and a deep footring. The interior has a band of brick-red rectangles around its well, above which is the wide band of grey.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.5cm
  • Diameter: 10.0cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Susie Cooper Production, Crown Works, Burslem, England' (Maker's mark)
Gallery label
Coffee-cup, saucer & sugar bowl Designed by Susie Cooper, made by Susie Cooper Pottery Co., Burslem, England, about 1946, designed about 1942 Earthenware painted with enamel colours C.36A & B-1979 Given by Miss. Dorothy Thomas(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Given by Miss Dorothy Thomas
Object history
Part of a coffee set, see also C.36&A-1979 (Coffee-cup and saucer).
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.36B-1979

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Record createdMay 25, 2010
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