Sugar bowl cover
Josiah Wedgwood (Burslem, Staffs. 1730 – Etruria, Staffs. 1795)
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1780
Materials
Jasperware
Measurements
110 mm (Height); 105 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 607497.2
Summary
Cover with ball finial for a blue jasperware sugar bowl with slightly curved sides, raised on circular foot. The bowl is 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