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Sugar Basin and Cover

ca.1778-82 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sugar basin and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with festoons of turquoise-blue drapery with a gilt fringe hanging from a narrow gilt border.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Sucrier
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Sugar basin and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca.1778-82
Physical description
Sugar basin and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with festoons of turquoise-blue drapery with a gilt fringe hanging from a narrow gilt border.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.7cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Referred to as Lord Stormont's Service in R.L. Hobson's Worcester Porcelain(p.129).
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.384&A-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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