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Pearlware sugar bowl with lid. Rectangular base with black handpainted bands and accents around base, neck, and on handles, rim, spout. Lid has bird knop. Red transfer-printed scene of young woman feeding cat perched on bamboo table with village in the distance.
sugar bowls
earthenware
glazing (coating)
pearlware
transfer printing
molding (forming)
hand-painted
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Bowl, Serving
Bowl, Sugar
Woman
Cat
Village
Bird
Bowl, Sugar
"D / ROGERS" (impressed)
"672 / J.B.M. Jr." and "672 / J.B. Morris Jr." (Two labels affixed to interior of lid)
1949.115B
John Rogers & Son (Maker)
Longport, England, Staffordshire
6 x 7 1/2 x 4 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Mr. John B. Morris, Jr.
1949.115.2AB
Longport (Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom)
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