Earthenware sugar bowl with lid and Chinoiserie-style transfer-print pattern in mulberry. Scalloped rim, fluted body, ring finial and loop handles. Transfer-print pattern depicts two Asian figures under open pagoda and two more figures in a sailing vessel. Fanciful flowers and willow trees frame the scene. Border of floral sprays on dotted ground.
sugar bowls
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
Chinoiserie
Orientalism
Bowl, Serving
Bowl, Sugar
Spray
Dotted
Sailing vessel
Pagoda
Willow
Bowl, Sugar
1980.343.2A,B
Unknown
England, Staffordshire
6 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Museum Accession
1980.343.2AB
Probably County of Staffordshire (England, United Kingdom) [county]
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