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Sugar Bowl

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1882

GUSN

GUSN-15727

Description

Porcelain sugar bowl. Blue glazed with hand-painted butterflies and floral decoration. Gold band on rim and lid. Relief molded butterfly handles. Molded flower-shaped knop on lid.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sugar bowls
porcelain
hand-painted
Bowl, Serving
Bowl, Sugar
Bowl, Sugar

Inscription

"H & Co" (Printed in green)
"Lydia A / 18.82" (Hand-painted in black)

Maker

Haviland & Co. (Maker)
Trippe, Lydia A. (Painter)

Location of Origin

Limoges, France; Providence, RI, USA

Dimensions

3 1/2 x 4 (HxW), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Miss Lydia Gardiner Chace

Accession Number

1969.284AB

Places

Rhode Island (United States)

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