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Sugar Bowl with Lid, "Museum" Pattern

Designer: Eva Zeisel, American, born Hungary 1906
Manufacturer: Shenago Co., Castleton China Co.
Medium: Porcelain
Place Manufactured: New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA
Dates: ca. 1942-1943
Dimensions: 3 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (8.3 x 12.1 x 12.1 cm)
Markings: no marks
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: 1992.98.3a-b
Credit Line: Gift of Paul F. Walter
Image: Group, 1992.98.1a-b_1992.98.2_1992.98.3a-b_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: "Museum" pattern sugar bowl (a) and lid (b), white porcelain with vitreous glaze. (a) Bowl: round hollow body slants downward to narrow circular base; interior lip around opening to support lid. (b) Lid: slightly convex circular shape; contiguous cylindrical knob, concave on top. CONDITION- Slight scratches on surface from wear.

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