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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Sugar Bowl

ca. 1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sugar basin with cover and stand of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with formal gilt borders and with sprigs of cornflowers and rosebuds in blue, pink and green.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Sugar Basin
  • Cover
  • Stand
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Sugar basin with cover and stand of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Coalport Porcelain Factory, Coalport, ca. 1825.
Physical description
Sugar basin with cover and stand of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with formal gilt borders and with sprigs of cornflowers and rosebuds in blue, pink and green.
Marks and inscriptions
'Coalport / IMPROVED / Feltspar / Porcelain' [within bands of laurel surrounded by the words] 'PATRONISED by the SOCIETY of ARTS. The GOLD MEDAL awarded MAY 30th 1820' [all within a circle and below] 'I. ROSE & Co'. (Printed in red)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.578 to B-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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