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Sugar Dish

Dateca. 1820
Maker Ralph Harding (1756 - 1832)
MediumBlack basalt (dry-bodied stoneware) / Egyptian black ware
DimensionsSugar Dish: OL (handle to handle): 5 1/8"; OW (body): 4 1/4"; OH (with lid): 4 1/8"; H (to lip): 2 15/16".
Credit LineGift of Terry K. Dunn
Object number2020-6,3A&B
DescriptionSugar dish of squat pear-shape with engine-turned decoration en suite with the teapot (2020-6,1) and cream jug (2020-6,2); short acanthus leaf lug handles extending up from waist to shoulder of body applied to opposite sides; low-domed lid topped by a pierced acorn knop or finial. Impressed mark HARDING on the underside of the piece along with the number 36; the body is glazed on the interior.
MarkingsImpressed mark HARDING / 36
2020-6,1, Teapot
ca. 1820
2020-6,2, Cream Jug
ca. 1820
2022-35,a&b, Teapot
1790-1810
2020-112, Goblet
ca. 1790
DS1991-0426
1775-1780
2020-36,1, Dish
ca. 1810
2020-36,2, Dish
ca. 1810
2020-36,3, Dish
ca. 1810
DS1984-381
Shown:1984-33,A and B
ca. 1785
DS1984-381
ca. 1785
2022-151,a&b, Teapot
ca. 1760
2021-23,A&B, Teapot
ca. 1755