Brooklyn Museum: Decorative Arts: Sugar Bowl and Cover

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

Collections: Decorative Arts: Sugar Bowl and Cover