1880-1899
GUSN-14178
Japanese cream-colored earthenware partial tea set. Sugar bowl of elongated globular form w/ 2 green crabstock handles and knop; painted w/ overglaze polychrome enamel decoration of stylized birds and plants executed in long, wispy lines w/ an almost Martin Bros.-esque appearance. Extra cover.
sugar bowls
earthenware
glazing (coating)
painting (image-making)
hand-painted
tin (metal)
Earthenware
Painted
Tin Glazed
BOWL, SUGAR
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
3.5 (H) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.161.2A-C
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