Artist/Maker Joseph Stubbs (1786 - 1836)

New York City Hall sugar bowl

ca. 1822-1835

Place madeEngland, Europe

Transfer-printed earthenware

Overall: 5 × 6 × 4 in. (12.7 × 15.2 × 10.2 cm)

The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection

1961.330ab

DescriptionMolded pearlware sugar bowl with blue transfer print of City Hall, New York; rectangular shape with bulbous sides, short foliate handles at ends, and slightly domed rectangular lid with rectangular finial; top has floral border; sides of sugar bowl have image of City Hall.

Markingsprinted: on collector's label on underside of sugar bowl: "294" written: on jelly label on underside of sugar bowl and lid: "L243.29" [collector's number]

ClassificationsCERAMICS