Sugar Bowl and Cover
1750-1755 (made)
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Sugar bowl and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Painted with sprays of roses, other flowers and insects.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels |
| Brief description | Sugar bowl and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Charles Gouyn's factory, London, 1750-1755 |
| Physical description | Sugar bowl and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Painted with sprays of roses, other flowers and insects. |
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| Object history | See Adams (below), Chapter 5, for a detailed history of the St James's Factory of Charles Gouyn. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Adams, Elizabeth. Chelsea Porcelain, The British Museum Press, 2001, 2nd. edition. Illustrated fig. 5.22, 62p. Caption reads: 'Sugar box and lid, St James's Factory. The shape resembles that of three silver tea caddies assayed by Nicholas Sprimont in 1744. height 13.4cm, c. 1750-59. |
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| Accession number | C.49&A-1969 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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