
Sugar Bowl and Cover
- Manufacturer: Union Porcelain Works, 1863-ca.1922
- Designer: Karl L. H. Mueller, American, born Germany, 1820-1887
- Medium: Porcelain
- Place Manufactured: New York City, New York, USA
- Dates: ca. 1876
- Dimensions: Height: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm) Diameter of base: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
- Markings: Painted in red on bottom over glaze: "U.P.W." with "S" below.
- Signature: no signature
- Inscriptions: no inscriptions
- Collections: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, 5th floor - Accession Number: 68.87.30a-b
- Credit Line: Gift of Franklin Chace
- Image: Group, 68.87.29a-b_68.87.30a-b_68.87.31_68.87.32a-b_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
- Catalogue Description: Sugar bowl and cover, part of tête-à-tête tea set (68.87.28-.32), hard paste porcelain. Henna ground with floral design, two white panels with flowers and butterflies, supported by four white rabbit feet, two handles composed of white doves resting on a pitcher plant. The top knob is in the shape of an African-American boy's head. Condition: Good
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