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Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl

This is a sugar bowl. It was manufactured by Royal Worcester. It is dated ca. 1770 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

H x diam. (a,b: overall): 12.5 × 10 cm (4 15/16 × 3 15/16 in.) H x diam. (a: bowl): 7 × 9 cm (2 3/4 × 3 9/16 in.) H x diam. (b: lid): 6 × 10 cm (2 3/8 × 3 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside: [1] crescent or "C", painted in underglaze blue (manufactory mark)

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl; Manufactured by Royal Worcester (England, GB, United Kingdom); soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel; H x diam. (a,b: overall): 12.5 × 10 cm (4 15/16 × 3 15/16 in.) H x diam. (a: bowl): 7 × 9 cm (2 3/4 × 3 9/16 in.) H x diam. (b: lid): 6 × 10 cm (2 3/8 × 3 15/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-590-a,b

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