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Sugar bowl

Made at: Worcester Manufactory (England)
about 1770
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions 13.65 cm (5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Janet M. Wolfson
Accession Number1982.62a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionSugar bowl and cover in soft-paste porcelain. Ogee-shaped cover with molded flower finial and two applied leaves; apple green ground, two large white reserve panels (both) with rococo gilt scrolls, exotic birds amongst trees in polychrome enamels; smaller panels of birds in flight; flower finial and leaves in pink.
Marks Unmarked
Inscriptions1973 Albert Amor exhibition label, "No. 75"; Wolfson collection label, "No. 2 Worc."
ProvenanceAlbert Amor, London (dealer); 1973, purchased by Janet M. Wolfson, Brookline, MA