Bowl, Sugar
Object number2019.115.1 a,b
Manufacturer
Homer Laughlin China Company
Date1908-1929
OriginNewell, WV
MediumCeramic; Glaze; Applied decoration
Credit LineGift of Rosalie Clark
DescriptionWhite, ceramic sugar bowl with a clear glaze, includes bowl and lid. White, ceramic bowl with a clear glaze has a circular base with a scalloped foot. Body of bowl is cylindrical in shape and narrows in the middle before opening back up to a circular, open mouth with a scalloped rim. Two curved handles on opposite sides of body. Surface of bowl has applied gold trim around top and bottom rims with gold trim on the two handles. Flower pattern with pink, green, brown, and light blue colors applied to body just beneath the rim; some of the stems carry down to the middle of the bowl's body. Raised decoration along scalloped edge around the base. Bottom of base has a stamped, green manufacturing logo. White, ceramic lid with a clear glaze is circular with a lip on the underside and a rim that protrudes out over it. Sides of lid come to a flattened point with raised decorations and a small, rounded handle on top. Top of lid has gold trim around the rim, flattened top, and handle, and sides of lid have a flower pattern with pink, green, brown, and blue colors. DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a,b): 5.25 x 6 x 4.75 in. (13.3 x 15.2 x 12.1 cm)Height x Width x Depth (a): 3.625 x 6 x 7.75 in. (9.2 x 15.2 x 19.7 cm)
Height x Diameter (b): 2 x 3.25 in. (5.1 x 8.3 cm)
Marks(a)
Stamped, green manufacturing text on bottom of base: "[stylized HLC] / HOMER LAUGHLIN / HUDSON / 3 20 N".
Historical NotesThis sugar bowl was part of the Hudson line (H-135 pattern) that debuted in 1908 from Homer Laughlin China Company and was discontinued by the late 1920s. Homer Laughlin (1843-1913) was originally from Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and established the Homer Laughlin China Company in 1876 in East Liverpool, Ohio. By 1907 it had moved to Newell, West Virginia, and become the largest pottery factory in the country.
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