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

Sugar Tureen

ca. 1773-ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sugar tureen with fixed stand, cover and pierced spoon, painted in polychrome enamels with birds on branches.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Sugar Basin
  • Sugar Basin Cover
  • Sugar Spoon
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Sugar tureen with fixed stand, cover and pierced spoon, painted decoration of birds on branches, Bourg-la-Reine porcelain factory, France, about 1773-1780
Physical description
Sugar tureen with fixed stand, cover and pierced spoon, painted in polychrome enamels with birds on branches.
Marks and inscriptions
'BR' (incised)
Credit line
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
Object history
Object bears label: 'Exposition Natle de Céramique, 1897 Section rétrospectice, No 444'
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.354 to B-1909

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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