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Porcelain sugar bowl decorated with Worcester coat of arms. Decoration has a shield in quarters. Top left is white with a black border on right and bottom and black stripe in middle. Two black pears above stripe and one black pear below. Top right and lower left quarters are red. Bottom right quarter is black. Center of shield is a castle. Shield is inside a wreath with two branches. Right branch has long pointed leaves. Left branch has rounded leaves and red berries. A ribbon with the motto in Latin ties the branches of the wreath "Civitas in bello in pace fidelis" (City faithful in war and peace). Below is the word Worcester. Textured to look like a barrel.
sugar bowls
porcelain
armorial (porcelain style)
Bowl, Sugar
"ROYAL WORCESTER ENGLAND" (Black pottery mark with circle and crown)
"232 / G" (Black mark with horizontal line separating)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Worcester Royal Porcelain Co., Ltd. (Manufacturer)
2 x 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.3024.2
Worcester (Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom)
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