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Blue transfer-printed earthenware sugar bowl. Floral pattern surrounds scenes of Lafayette at the grave of Franklin. Rectangular cover with an octagonal pointed finial. Dual scroll molded handles.
sugar bowls
earthenware
transfer printing
Bowl, Serving
Bowl, Sugar
Bowl, Sugar
One of many views of the early United States highlighted in the online exhibit "Patriotic America."
A printed handwritten inscription on the bottom reads: 8[?] printed; 505/V.B. Morris, Jr. (on paper labels).
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)
Burslem, England, Staffordshire
7 x 8 x 5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of John B. Morris, Jr.
1957.169AB
Title Pitcher Accession Number 1943.259
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