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Sugar bowl and cover
Made at: Worcester Manufactory (England)
English
about 1770
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
12.2 cm (4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2168a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionFlower finial; bowl and cover each with 2 cartouches decorated with exotic birds bordered by gilt scroll work, gilt berries. Mark: crescent underglaze blue.
Marks
Crescent, in underglaze blue
InscriptionsPaper label of Stoner and Evans, London (dealers)
ProvenanceWith Stoner and Evans, London (dealer); Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA.