Description:
English pearlware oval sugar bowl, with relief decoration and cobalt blue trim in the style of Castleford wares. This set was purchased by Mr. Morris from Susan B. Hawks (1883-1946), a Sheldon descendent who last owned the Sheldon House before it was bought by Henry N. Flynt (1893-1970) in 1946. She had an antiques business in the house where she sold many locally-obtained pieces, so the set could have been a family set or one purchased from a local family. The bowl has a domed lid with a flower finial over inverted leaves in relief encircled by two thin blue bands; two attached handles extend from the acanthus leaf decoration and are edged in blue; and a flared rim and flat base edged in blue. The body is divided into three horizontal bands by thin blue lines: the narrow top row has abstracted scrolls and fleur-de-lis in relief; over a wide middle row of scrolling leaves, vines, and foliage in relief; overa narrow base row of vertical leaves in relief. There are two large acanthus leaves in relief outlined in blue around the handles.
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