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Sugarbowl

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1943

GUSN

GUSN-6731

Description

Stoneware sugar bowl with squat white body. Blue painted bands around rim and blueberry motif on body and lid.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sugar bowls
glazing (coating)
stoneware (pottery)
art pottery
Bowl, Serving
Bowl, Sugar
Bowl, Sugar

Inscription

DORCHESTER POTTERY C.A.H. (Painted in blue)

Additional Identification Number

1973.8A,B

Maker

Dorchester Pottery Works (Maker)
Henderson, Charles A. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Dorchester, MA, USA; MA, USA

Dimensions

3 (H), 3 1/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum Purchase

Accession Number

1973.8AB

Date

1943 (After)

Places

Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

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