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On Display: House - du Pont Dining Room
Bowl (Punch bowl)
1794
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1959.0149
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.0149
Object Name
Bowl (Punch bowl)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1794
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Exterior
Inscription: Enamel painted "GEORGE WASHINGTON" on ship's stern nameboard, a motto "IN GOD WE HOPE," a shield with mantling initialed "HS,"
Type: Inscription
Location: Interior
Inscription: Enamel painted "Henry Smith/ Canton/ 1794"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Maritime
- Great Seal of US
- American eagle
- American themed ceramics
- American market (Chinese manufacture)
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
6.614 (H) x 15.945 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
16.8 (H) x 40.5 (Diam)