Sugar Bowl and Lid
Sugar Bowl and Lid
Sugar Bowl and Lid
Sugar Bowl and Lid

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European Art

Sugar Bowl and Lid,

1781

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, established 1756, France
y942 a-b

Information

Title
Sugar Bowl and Lid
Dates

1781

Medium
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
9.5 x diam. 9.4 cm (3 3/4 x 3 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Trumbull-Prime Collection
Object Number
y942 a-b
Place Made

Europe, France, Sèvres

Inscription
Initials: R D
Marks/Labels/Seals
Sèvres mark on base in underglaze blue; Mark of Vieillard and date (1781) [See accession card for reproduction]
Culture
French
Type
sugar bowls, porcelain
Materials
hard paste porcelain
Subject
patterns (design elements), running ornament, scalloping, vine scrolls

Mary Hollister Prime (née Trumbull) (1827-1872) and William Cowper Prime, Class of 1843 (1825-1905); 1890 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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