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Sugar Bowl

Dateca. 1800

OriginEngland, Yorkshire

MediumLead-glazed earthenware (pearlware / china glaze)

DimensionsOH: 4 1/2"; OW: 4 1/2"; Diameter (rim): 3 5/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number2013-148,A&B

DescriptionEarthenware, painted pearlware sugar bowl with Batavia-type decoration with dark brown ground and white reserves with cobalt blue decoration. There are molded, braided handles on either side of the bowl with molded, floral terminals. The lid is also decorated with a dark brown ground and white reserve with cobalt blue decoration. The lid has a teardrop shaped knop.

Label TextChinese porcelain covered in a brown slip was popular in Europe and Colonial America. This example, made in Yorkshire from earthenware clay in imitation of porcelain, was a less expensive option for those who could not afford the more costly Chinese wares. Ceramics of this type are most commonly known today as pearlware, but during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries they were called China glaze. A direct reference to the objects the English potters were inspired by.
MarkingsDecorator's mark
ProvenancePurchased from: Seekers Antiques