Sugar Basin and Cover
ca. 1750-1760 (made)
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Sugar bowl and cover of cream-coloured earthenware decorated with sponged manganese brown pigment under a lead glaze; circular, with flaring lip and low domed cover, both parts decorated with applied moulded plant stems with leaves and flowers picked with gold, and the cover with bird finial (now broken).
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Lead-glazed "tortoiseshell" earthenware with sprigged and unfired gilt decoration |
| Brief description | Sugar basin and cover, lead-glazed earthenware with sprigged and unfired gilt decoration, Staffordshire, ca. 1750-1760 |
| Physical description | Sugar bowl and cover of cream-coloured earthenware decorated with sponged manganese brown pigment under a lead glaze; circular, with flaring lip and low domed cover, both parts decorated with applied moulded plant stems with leaves and flowers picked with gold, and the cover with bird finial (now broken). |
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| Object history | Formerly in the Bandinel Collection |
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| Accession number | 3202&A-1853 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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