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Sugar bowl

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1850-1860

GUSN

GUSN-18879

Description

Ironstone sugar bowl w/ original cover; octagonal shaped body and base; 2 handles w/ relief decoration of berries and leaves; octagonal cover w/ relief foliate pattern and banding.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sugar bowls
ironstone (pottery)
molding (forming)
berry
Ironstone
Molded
Berry
BOWL, SUGAR

Inscription

Impressed on bottom: ""T & R BOOTE/ CHINESE SHAPE"" [in circle]

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Boote, Thomas & Richard, 1842-1906 (Maker)

Location of Origin

Burslem, England, Staffordshire

Dimensions

6 x 6.75 (HxW), 5.375 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1069AB

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