Sugar basin & cover
Date1752-1758
Artist/Maker
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
1745-1769
OriginEngland, London
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
DimensionsOH: 4 1/8" X DIAM: 4 3/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1968-419,A&B
DescriptionSlightly flattened bowl form with foot ring; decorated on exterior with realistic birds; one in blue and gray and one in browns perched on branch with two-color green leaves; a brown flying bird; two flying insects and two beetles. Slightly domed cover with socket and flange; strawberry finial and applied leaves and stems realistically painted; and five painted moths and beetles.Red anchor period.Label TextPainted in the Meissen style with realistic birds, this "sugar bason" was probably part of a tea service like those listed in the 1755 sale catalog as "enamell'd with birds" or "finely ornamented with birds." A tea service of thirty-four pieces, including a sucrier of this shape with butterfly decoration of the same feeling, has survived intact.Inscription(s)Anchor painted in red on reverse of bowl (Godden # 868)Mark(s)NoneProvenanceEx coll: Kenneth Hobson- sold at auction in 1968
Tilley & Co., London
