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Bowl (Punch bowl)
1750-1775
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Probably Netherlands; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
1959.2544
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.2544
Object Name
Bowl (Punch bowl)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Probably Netherlands; Europe
Date
1750-1775
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Torn blue-bordered beige label
Type: Inscription
Location: Underside
Inscription: "1012" is written in black grease pencil
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Gaming
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
3.681 (H) x 8.78 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
9.35 (H) x 22.3 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: Horne, Jonathan. A Collection of Early English Pottery (dealer's catalogue).
• Very similar punch bowl: part XIV, no. 393, listed as London or Bristol, c. 1730.Book: Lange, Amanda E. 2005 Chinese Export Art at Historic Deerfield.
• Chinese export punch bowl portraying a boy (in long dresslike attire) making playing card houses on a table: pp. 195-96, no. 71, dated 1738.Book: Aronson, Robert, et al. 2023 Below the Glaze: Dated Delftware.
• Tromp l'oeil playing cards Dutch Delft polychrome dishes: p. 158 (dated 1731); p. 165 (dated 1733).