Sugar Bowl and Cover

ca. 1730-1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sugar bowl and cover of hard-paste porcelain. After a Japanese Arita model. Low cover with moulded strap knob. Painted with enamels colours and gilt in Kakiemon style with flowers and stylised rocks. Brown edges.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Sugar Bowl
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Sugar bowl and cover, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1730-40
Physical description
Sugar bowl and cover of hard-paste porcelain. After a Japanese Arita model. Low cover with moulded strap knob. Painted with enamels colours and gilt in Kakiemon style with flowers and stylised rocks. Brown edges.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.5cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords (faint)

    Note
    Factory mark, in blue

  • Mark of the thrower Schiefer

    Note
    Impressed

Credit line
Bequeathed by J.A. Tulk
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.28&A-1956

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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