Collection Highlights
Wig curler
1760-1775
INV.5924.77
Clay
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Assembled Set of Worcester blue and White Soft Paste: sugar lid and bowl
Object name
Assembled Set of Worcester blue and White Soft Paste: sugar lid and bowl
Date
1760-1775
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 12.1 x 12.1 cm )
Description
Porcelain sugar bowl and its flattened ogee shaped lid with an open flower finial with two applied molded leaves; both printed in underglaze blue with floral sprays and butterflies; the interior circumference of the bowl and the exterior rim of the cover are painted with double lines in blue; the "Three Flowers" pattern.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number
1957.291ab
Marks
painted: on bottom: hatched crescent
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
