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Bowl (Punch bowl)
1780-1795
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire or Yorkshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1959.0778
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.0778
Object Name
Bowl (Punch bowl)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire or Yorkshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1780-1795
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Red-boxed sticker with: "VERY/ Old/ Bowl" in black ink handwriting
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Chinoiserie
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
4.6 (H) x 11 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
11.8 (H) x 29 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 2005 British Earthenware and Porcelain in Eighteenth Century America, in Gray, Jonathan. 2005. Welsh Ceramics in Context. 2. 71-91.
• Discussion of blue and white pearlware in early America: p. 82, no. 4.14.