Sugar Bowl with Cover

Object Name: 
Sugar Bowl with Cover

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Object Name: 
Sugar Bowl with Cover
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
65.3.39
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10 cm; (a) Bowl H: 7.2 cm, Diam: 10.4 cm; (b) Lid H: 3.4 cm, Diam: 7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1720-1724
Primary Description: 
Sugar Bowl with Cover. Lattimo. Blown; applied, enameled, gilded. Circular bowl with fire-polished rim, slightly tapered and rounded base with applied foot-ring, and shallow domed lid with knop, all in opaque white glass. Bowl is decorated with chinoiserie-style landscape with pagodas, and lid shows two additional buildings among vegetation, all in brownish red enamel accented with gilding that is now worn.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Davis, Cecil, Source
Color: 
opaque white glass
brown
red
Technique: 
glassblowing
applied decoration
enameling
gilding
Material: 
glass
gilding
enamel