Sugar Basin and Cover
1770-1784 (made)
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Sugar basin and cover of soft-paste porcelain, enamelled and gilt. Cylindrical body, partially fluted, tapers inwards to the foot. The cover has a gilt fir-cone knob. Below the rim a blue band with gilt wreath and borders from which is suspended a festoon in green and red. The fluting is painted in blue and gold.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, enamelled and gilt |
| Brief description | Sugar basin and cover, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, 1770-1784 |
| Physical description | Sugar basin and cover of soft-paste porcelain, enamelled and gilt. Cylindrical body, partially fluted, tapers inwards to the foot. The cover has a gilt fir-cone knob. Below the rim a blue band with gilt wreath and borders from which is suspended a festoon in green and red. The fluting is painted in blue and gold. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | An anchor (Maker's mark painted (overglaze) in gold on underside) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Sydney A. Erwood |
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| Accession number | C.263&A-1922 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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