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Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl, ca. 1780
This is a sugar bowl. It was manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. 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): 10 × 8.3 cm (3 15/16 × 3 1/4 in.) H x diam. (a: bowl): 6 × 8.3 cm (2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in.) H x diam. (b: lid): 4.4 × 7.5 cm (1 3/4 × 2 15/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Underside of bowl: [1] double crossed swords, painted in underglaze blue (Meissen Porcelain Manufactory mark) [2] "53", impressed or incised underglaze
It is signed
Unsigned
It is inscribed
Uninscribed
Cite this object as
Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl, ca. 1780; Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Germany); hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; H x diam. (a,b: overall): 10 × 8.3 cm (3 15/16 × 3 1/4 in.) H x diam. (a: bowl): 6 × 8.3 cm (2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in.) H x diam. (b: lid): 4.4 × 7.5 cm (1 3/4 × 2 15/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-766-a,b
