Sugar Basin
ca. 1805-1810 (made)
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Sugar basin and cover (cover previously recorded missing), of black basalt with applied figures in low relief, depicting Peace, Liberty, Venus bound by cupids, and the Bourbonnais shepherd from a design by Lady Templetown. The dome-shaped cover and the lower part of the body are reeded.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Black basalt with applied reliefs |
| Brief description | Sugar basin and cover (cover previously recorded missing), black basalt with applied reliefs of Peace, Libery and Venus and the Bourbonnais shepherd, made by Edmund John Birch, Hanley, Staffordshire, ca. 1805-1810 |
| Physical description | Sugar basin and cover (cover previously recorded missing), of black basalt with applied figures in low relief, depicting Peace, Liberty, Venus bound by cupids, and the Bourbonnais shepherd from a design by Lady Templetown. The dome-shaped cover and the lower part of the body are reeded. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Birch' and possibly a flower (Impressed) |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | The cover was recorded missing in the previous label. |
| Production | Bourbonnais shepherd from a design by Lady Templetown |
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| Accession number | 2485&A-1901 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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