Object Number 1958.0095.003

Object Name

Bowl (Punch bowl)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Probably Bristol, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1750-1760

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

5.236 (H) , 11.772 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.3 (H) , 29.9 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: p. 75, pl. 18
[Book] Noel Hume, Ivor. Pottery and Porcelain in Colonial Williamsburg's Archaeological Collections. 2.
• Excavated squirrel & bracket delft plate: p. 13, fig. 5, blue & white, from Anthony Hay's cabinet shop site, Williamsburg, VA
[Book] Austin, John C. 1994 British Delft at Williamsburg.
• Squirrel and bracket blue and white punch bowl and reference to examples excavated at the Blair Stables and the William Randolph Lodgings in Williamsburg VA: p. 91, nos. 59 & 60, Probably Bristol c. 1755
[Book] Austin, John C. 1994 British Delft at Williamsburg.
• Excavated (Williamsburg VA) plate fragments with bracket motif in blue and white: pp. 154-55, no. 242, from James Geddy Workshop and Kitchen, William Finney House, and Wetherburn's Tavern
[Book] Lange, Amanda E. Delftware at Historic Deerfield, 1600-1800.
• Blue and white bracket pattern punch bowl bearing a rhyme: p. 47, no. 14, central reserve inscribed: "In each hand / Tacke a flwing / Glass & rownd the / Table let it pass," probably Bristol, c. 1740-50