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Partial tea service. A sugar bowl with a flat cover and a cylindrical flange and bamboo loop finial. It is stylized with chrysanthemums and cane work along the rim. It is decorated with red outlines and brown flowers on a cream ground.
sugar bowls
tea services
earthenware
enameling
gilding
lead glaze
molding (forming)
painting (coating)
lozenges
floral patterns
Japanese
lattices
Lead Glaze
Earthenware
Gilded
Painted
Enameled
Molded
Japanese
Floral
Lattice
Diamond
SERVICE, TEA
Printed on the underside is: Avalon/Faience/Balt . Also the initials: CHDF .
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Avalon Faience (Maker)
Baltimore, MD, USA
4.75 (H) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.127.2B
Maryland (United States)
Probably
Title Plate Accession Number 1986.127.1
Title Sugar Bowl Accession Number 1986.127.2A
Title Pitcher Accession Number 1986.127.3
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