Sugar bowl
Josiah Wedgwood (Burslem, Staffs. 1730 – Etruria, Staffs. 1795)
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1780
Materials
Jasperware
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 607497
Summary
Blue jasperware sugar bowl and cover with slightly curved sides, raised on circular foot and dome cover with ball finial. Decorated with classical figures and borders of interlocking circles in white, in relief. Manufactured by Josiah Wedgwood circa 1780.
Provenance
Miss Adam-Smith Bessemer Wright collection; bequest to the National Trust from Miss Adam-Smith, Bessemer Wright, 5th July 1990.
Marks and inscriptions
153 (paper label pasted on base, written in black ink)
Makers and roles
Josiah Wedgwood (Burslem, Staffs. 1730 – Etruria, Staffs. 1795), manufacturer