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Late 1930's ~ 1940's JAMES SADLER Hand Decorated "THE ABBEY FALLS" Barrel Sugar Bowl With Lid (Part Of Our Barrel Teaset)

James Sadler

$40.00
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BACKGROUND HISTORY:

The decoration on this Sugar Bowl depicts the falls which are part of the river Skell, situated next to the large Fountains Abbey complex which was founded in the 12th Century and remained in continuous use for the next 400 years. Today it is largely unoccupied (except for small areas used for exhibitions etc) and is owned by the National Trust.

While running water (obtained from one of the spring's from the river Skell) was considered a necessity back in the 12th Century, this spring (and others surrounding the Abbey complex) are now a headache due to climate change, particularly when the abbey experienced extensive flooding in the early 2000's. In 2021, the National Trust issued a press release to give notice to the climate change problem, stating that the Abbey  "is at risk of being irreparably damaged by flooding ..."

Here is a contemporary view of the area depicted on this Sugar bowl

Without a word of a lie, this "The Abbey Falls" teaset accessory is a stunner, one of my wife's pride and joy's but reality has hit, she needs to make room for her other treasures ... this piece must find a new caring owner.

DLAT Rating: 10/10 (Darling Look At This!)

JAMES SADLER - Sugar Bowl with lid
James Sadler England

Circa - production of these barrel shaped teaset accessories was anywhere between 1937 ~ 1947

Shape: Footed Barrel

Decoration: Depiction of the Fountains Abbey and the falls in the foreground, the full colour artwork has been hand decorated as evidenced by very close inspection of the decoration (no dot patterns!) and the underside Artist's mark in Lime Green. Colouring used is vivid and bright with the two side handles having an almost Art Deco look to them ... diamond shapes interspersed with Mauve coloured flowers.

The cream body of the sugar bowl has extensive Gold gilded artwork, flowers and foliage - not infilled with colour.

Finished with extensive, heavy use of hand applied Gold gilding to many areas including the lid "handle" (which is a bow shape), lid edges, lid opening edges, both sides of each side handle, framing of each side of the artwork and two lines around the base foot.

Quite frankly, the decorative skills of the artist and the gilder at the works is very impressive, not perfect (it is hand decorated afterall) but very very good.

The curved, rectangular shaped lid with bow handle is a nice comfortable fit

DIMENSIONS/WEIGHT:

This is quite a large sugar bowl ... in fact it is very similar in size to the Creamer Jug

Stands 100mm height x 100mm width (lid "bow handle" extends the height a further 20mm and the two large (easy to hold) side handles extends the width a further 35mm on each side)

Width of the sugar bowl is 88mm

Weight (without sugar!) is 450g


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COSMETIC CONDITION:

DISPLAY ONLY - this Sugar Bowl has never had sugar in it, always on display in the cabinet.

NO cracks to the sugar bowl body

NO decorative discolouration, in fact the colouring is quite stunning and vibrant

NO cracks or chips to the lid

NO wear or other damage to the Gold decoration and gilding

Yes, there is light crazing visible to the underside and topside body where there is no decoration - this crazing is very light and not terribly noticeable. In very good condition considering 'she' is around 75+ years old, if only I looked that good at 75!

SPECIAL NOTE:

While each piece of this three piece teaset accessory set is available for purchase individually, I have created a special code that can be used in the checkout area IF all three pieces are being purchased (if all three remain available) - the discount code is JAMESABBEYFALLS and you will receive a 30% discount off all three items.

USED Exactly as described