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Bowl

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

ca. 1780

GUSN

GUSN-24854

Description

Shallow bowl form w/ slightly scalloped edge. Recessed foot. Blue transfer print decoration, "Willow" pattern w/ elaborate pagoda house at left and bridge w/ two people at right. Islands w/ houses at top. Diaper and butterfly border. Brown edge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bowls (vessels)
pearlware
transfer printing
willow (wood)
Pearlware
Staffordshire
Transfer Printed
Willow
Pagoda
BOWL

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1.5 x 7.688 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.156

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