| Object ID # | 1955.014.001ab |
| Object Name | Bowl, Sugar |
| Title | Putty-covered 19th-century Sugar Bowl |
| Lexicon category | 4: T&E For Materials |
| Year Range from | 1830 |
| Year Range to | 1840 |
| Made | Unknown British pottery |
| Place of Origin | Britain |
| Description | One large sugar bowl with lid. It was covered over with putty work sometime after 1945 (penny date). The putty holds ceramic mosaic and small household items including a key, seashells, beads, a bobby pin, a metal nail, an Osk Kosh metal button, a 1939 nickel, a 1944 penny, and a penny dated 1945. The lid is also altered with putty work and set objects. The base had a green woollen fabric affixed to the underside. It appears that when it was a sugar bowl, it was a white glazed ceramic item (likely ironstone china?) |
| Provenance |
Rebecca Waterton (neé McNabb) told museum staff that this 19th-century sugar bowl was brought over from Ireland by her great-grandmother, Rachel McCausland, and likely dates to 1830-1840. At some point after 1945, someone puttied it over, so that the original pattern is no longer seen. Rebecca her husband, Jack Wateron, resided at RR#4, Owen Sound, Derby Township, Grey County. Often known as "Beckie" Waterton, Mrs. Waterton was born in Sullivan Township, Grey County, on June 29, 1892. She was a daughter of Richard and Martha (McCoy) McNabb. She passed away on Jan. 17, 1973. |
| Collection | Folk Art Collection |
| Material | Ceramic/Putty/Metal/Glass |
| Dimensions | H-20.5 W-18.7 inches |
| Found | Derby Township (formerly), Township of Georgian Bluffs, Grey County |
| People |
Waterton, Beckie |
| Function | This 19th-century sugar bowl was a family heirloom that perhaps got chipped or broken so that someone decided to cover it with puttywork after 1945. |