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Sugar bowl: C.6 & A-1915

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

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Description

White earthenware (whiteware), moulded and decorated with variegated lustre (gold, platinum and iron). The bowl is formed as a shell standing on an approximately oval shell-shaped foot. The stand is approximately oval with seaweed or coral forming an emplacement for the foot of the shell bowl.

Notes

History note: Collection of Swann Hurrell, 30 Thompson’s Lane, Cambridge and from 1891, St Leonard’s (d. 1897); his niece, Miss Emily Beales, ‘Hurrell’, St Leonard’s on Sea

Legal notes

Given by Miss Emily Beales

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1915-06-26) by Beales, Emily, Miss

Dating

George III
Regency
Circa 1810 CE - 1825 CE

Components of the work

Bowl Height 12 cm Length 17.8 cm
Stand Height 2.7 cm Length 23 cm
Decoration

Materials used in production

gold, platinum and iron Variegated lustre
White earthenware
Lead-glaze

Techniques used in production

Moulding : White earthenware (whiteware), moulded and decorated with variegated lustre (gold, platinum and iron).
Lead-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: WEDGWOOD/O
  • Location: On the underside of the foot of the bowl
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Factory mark
  • Text: X
  • Location: On theunderside of the foot of the bowl
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Mark
  • Text: WEDGWOOD
  • Location: On the base of the stand
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Mark
  • Text: X
  • Location: On the base of the stand
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.6 & A-1915
Primary reference Number: 11981

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 12 May 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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