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Two-Handled Sugar Bowl with Monogram and Diamond Lattice Pattern Sugar Bowl

This is a sugar bowl. It was manufactured by Carl Thieme Saxonian Porcelain Company. It is dated ca. 1901 and we acquired it in 1992. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman. It is credited Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (a,b: overall): 11 × 12.5 × 7.5 cm (4 5/16 × 4 15/16 × 2 15/16 in.) H x W x D (a: bowl): 8.5 × 12.5 × 7.5 cm (3 3/8 × 4 15/16 × 2 15/16 in.) H x diam. (b: lid): 3.5 × 6.3 cm (1 3/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside: [1] cursive interlaced "PS" above cursive "Dresden" and "3084", painted in blue overglaze [2] a flower bud, painted in green overglaze [3] cursive "Dec 478 / Deposé", painted in blue overglaze

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Front of sugar bowl: [1] "MT", painted in polychrome

Cite this object as

Two-Handled Sugar Bowl with Monogram and Diamond Lattice Pattern Sugar Bowl; Manufactured by Carl Thieme Saxonian Porcelain Company; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; H x W x D (a,b: overall): 11 × 12.5 × 7.5 cm (4 5/16 × 4 15/16 × 2 15/16 in.) H x W x D (a: bowl): 8.5 × 12.5 × 7.5 cm (3 3/8 × 4 15/16 × 2 15/16 in.) H x diam. (b: lid): 3.5 × 6.3 cm (1 3/8 × 2 1/2 in.); Gift of Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman; 1992-5-62-a,b

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