Churchill Blue Willow Ceramic Sugar Bowl

At 5 cm tall and 10 cm wide, this Churchill Blue Willow ceramic sugar bowl, with its classic Blue Willow transfer landscape rendered in crisp cobalt blue on white, is the smallest but most essential piece of the Blue Willow tea service, the compact form giving the familiar Willow pattern a concentrated presence that suits the sugar bowl's role at the centre of the tea table.

Made by Churchill China of Stoke-on-Trent, one of England's most enduring transferware manufacturers, this sugar bowl is part of the Blue Willow range, Churchill's version of the Blue Willow pattern that has been one of the most enduringly popular and widely produced patterns in English transferware since its introduction in the late 18th century. The Blue Willow pattern, with its Chinese-inspired landscape of willow trees, pagodas, bridges, and birds, was developed by English potters in the 1780s as an interpretation of Chinese blue and white porcelain decoration, and it has been produced continuously by English potteries ever since, becoming one of the most widely recognised and collected patterns in the history of English ceramics. Churchill's Blue Willow range, produced with the quality of transferware printing and the durability of earthenware construction that the Churchill name guarantees, brings the classic pattern to a range of tea service forms, and this sugar bowl, in good condition with minor age-appropriate wear, is a practical and collectible piece of English blue and white transferware.

• Maker: Churchill China, Stoke-on-Trent, England
• Pattern: Blue Willow
• Dimensions: 5 cm (H) x 10 cm (W)
• Condition: Good
• Features: Classic Blue Willow transfer landscape, cobalt blue on white
• Period: 20th century
• SKU: SKU-00237

An essential piece of the Churchill Blue Willow tea service. Pairs naturally with the milk jug (SKU-00238), the oval-handle mug (SKU-00239), the rounded-handle mug (SKU-00240), and the tea cup and saucer (SKU-00241) in our Blue Willow collection.