Covered Sugar Bowl

Date1765-1775

Maker Worcester Porcelain Manufactory

MediumPorcelain, soft-paste

DimensionsH: 5 1/8"; Diam: 4 3/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1981-21,A&B

DescriptionCovered sugar bowl with blue-gray glaze over thickly potted white body. With irregular dark blue ground. The bowl nearly hemispherical with straight sides from vertical foot ring. The cover slightly domed with flower-form finial (heavily restored). The cover and bowl decorated similarly, each with three fan-shaped reserves and three circular reserves. The smaller circular reserves between the larger fan shapes. The fan-shaped, with the so-called "angry" or "disheveled" birds. All birds similar, with purple head, yellow body and tail and rust and pink wings with tonal dots. The birds against a background of green-ish foliage, outlined in black. The fans edged in a plain gold band, with several gilt foliage sprays. The circular reserves with moths, butterflies, and beetles in a variety of poses, but in a similarly restrained color palette.
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ProvenanceGinsberg & Levy, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Clarke, December 1965 (Acc No. 155)

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