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Punch Bowl

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1780-1820

GUSN

GUSN-2122

Description

Footed, finely potted pearlware with underglaze blue; geometric and floral sprig decoration; interior reads "BRANDY & WATER" encircled.

Details

Descriptive Terms

punch bowls
pearlware
throwing (pottery technique)
underglazing
Neoclassical
Pearlware
Underglazed
Thrown
Neoclassical
BOWL, PUNCH

Inscription

"BRANDY & WATER" (Painted)

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3 1/2 x 9 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.133

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