Covered Sugar Bowl, 1879–83, Made in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States, American, Earthenware, H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Diam. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm), Ceramics, Chelsea Keramic Art Works (1872–1889), This rare example of domestic tableware by Chelsea Keramic Art Works exemplifies the taste for Far Eastern motifs during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Its angular forms and honeycomb surfaces emulate the shape and hand-hammered texture of Japanese metalwork but also reference the designs of Christopher Dresser
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Covered Sugar Bowl, 1879–83, Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States, American, Earthenware, H, 4 1/4, 10.8 cm, Diam, 3 1/2, 8.9, Ceramics, Chelsea Keramic Art Works, 1872–1889, rare, example, domestic tableware, Keramic, Art, Works, exemplifies, taste, Far Eastern, motifs, last quarter, nineteenth century, angular forms, honeycomb surfaces, emulate, shape, hand-hammered texture, Japanese metalwork, reference, designs, Christopher Dresser
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