Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sugar bowl and lid: Wedgwood
Object Number:
INV.13557
Date:
1785-1800
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. ( 9.5 x 13.7 cm )
Marks:
impressed: faintly on back: "Wedgwood"
Description:
Jasperware sugar bowl; blue ground with white spray molded classical figures applied and white flange handles with molded acanthus leaf decoration; on one side of bowl: a seated woman holding a bowl, a standing woman with a trumpet, and another standing woman; on the other side: a woman holding a floral swag, a woman examining a statue of a child on a pedestal, a goat, a sheep, and another standing woman.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
