Miniature sugar bowl (a) with bulbous hexagonal body with double handles and octagonal lid (b) with button knop. Blue transfer-printed scene of a log cabin on either side of bowl. Border pattern of stars on star ground. Star is molded and printed on top of knop.
sugar bowls
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
ironstone (pottery)
Bowl, Serving
Bowl, Sugar
Children's food service tools and equipment
Star
Log Cabin
Bowl, Sugar
"Log Cabin/ 2 3/4 in. high/ Price $4.00" (handwritten)
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
Ridgway, John, 1830-1855 (Maker)
Hanley, England, Staffordshire
4 x 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 (HxWxD), 3 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Margaret R. Kimberley
1927.121AB
1840 (Circa)
Hanley (Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom)
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