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Child's Sugar bowl

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1830-1840

GUSN

GUSN-15998

Description

Miniature porcelain sugar bow (a) with lid (b). Dark blue transfer-printed chinoiserie pattern with scene of three people in boat, pagodas, fence, and willows.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sugar bowls
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
porcelain
molding (forming)
Chinoiserie
Bowl, Serving
Bowl, Sugar
Children's food service tools and equipment
Chinoiserie
Landscape
Pavillion
Willow
Flower
Trellis
People
Boat
Fence
Bowl, Sugar

Label

In exhibit "Martha Anne Kuhn" at the Bostonian Society June 2000 to August 2000.

Inscription

[heart symbol] (impressed)

Associated Building

Cooper-Frost-Austin House (Cambridge, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3 x 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Eleanor Bowser

Accession Number

1982.207.2AB

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