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Bowl (Punch bowl)
1750-1760
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Probably Bristol; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
1961.1589
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1961.1589
Object Name
Bowl (Punch bowl)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Probably Bristol; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1750-1760
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Two large blue-edged collector's sticker, one inscribed (pencil) "5D2 / Bristol Delft", the other illegible.
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
5.69 (H) x 11.811 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
14.45 (H) x 30 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Austin, John C. 1994 British Delft at Williamsburg.
• Squirrel and bracket blue and white punch bowl and referecne to examples excavated at the Blair Stables and the William Randolph Lodgings in Williamsburg VA: p. 91, nos. 59 & 60, Probably Bristol c. 1755Book: 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, VABook: 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