Porcelain sugar bowl with flared rim and lid with gilt berry knop. Exterior decorated with medallions of birds and flowers surrounded by flowers, fruit, scrolls, and butterflies on gold ground. This polychrome design is sometimes known as Rose Medallion.
sugar bowls
enameling
hand-painted
porcelain
Chinese export
Bowl, Serving
Bowl, Sugar
Bowl, Sugar
1987.421.4A,B
Unknown
China
3 1/2 (H), 5 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Edwin Buckingham Sears
1987.421.4AB
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