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Sugar Bowl and Cover

Manufacturer: Union Porcelain Works, 1863-ca.1922
Medium: Porcelain
Place Manufactured: New York City, New York, USA
Dates: ca. 1876
Dimensions: 4 1/8 x 3 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (10.5 x 9.5 x 8.9 cm)
Markings: Printed on underside of sugar bowl in green: "U.P.W." above head of an eagle
Signature: no signature
Inscriptions: no inscriptions
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 68.87.35a-b
Credit Line: Gift of Franklin Chace
Image: Overall, 68.87.35a-b_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Sugar bowl (a) with lid (b), white porcelain with vitreous glaze; hotel china. Cylindrical body that tapers toward top; molded band near top and bottom edge; two opposing handles molded in shape of shell. Fitted lid is slightly domed, knobbed finial. Condition: Good; hairline crack around finial of lid at join.

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