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Sugar Pot

ca. 1720-1730 (made)
Artist/Maker
Lambeth High Street Pottery (manufacturer)
Norfolk House Pottery (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Lambeth (made)
Norfolk House (made)

A panel containing a flower spray, probably repeating three times, alternating with circular panels containing three overlapping fish against a blue ground with flower and leaf motifs. All the decoration is in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Condition: Extensively restored.
Glaze: Greyish and finely crazed. Foot-rim wiped clean of glaze.


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Drinking
Tea, Coffee & Chocolate Wares
SCRAN
Object type
Sugar pot
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Glazed
Brief description
Sugar bowl with depictions of flowers, leaves and fishes
Physical description
A panel containing a flower spray, probably repeating three times, alternating with circular panels containing three overlapping fish against a blue ground with flower and leaf motifs. All the decoration is in blue.
Body colour: Buff.
Condition: Extensively restored.
Glaze: Greyish and finely crazed. Foot-rim wiped clean of glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.6cm
  • Diameter: 10cm
Height: Ht. 8.6 cms (3 3/8 ins).() Diameter: D. 10 cms (3 15/16 ins)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Prof. F. H. Garner
Object history
Professor F.H. Garner Bequest, 1965.
Production
London (Lambeth High Street or Norfolk House)
Subjects depicted
Flower
Fish
Leaf (Plant Material)
Bibliographic reference
Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
Other number
H14. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.259-1991

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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