Fishbowl with narrow top and wide base. Painted decoration around body of ships with black sails, ducks in a marsh, and birds flying overhead. Narrow top of fishbowl has gilt decoration of floral swags and ribbons. The inner glass globe has been cut away and the wooden base that contained the birdcage is missing.
fishbowls
blown glass
enamel paint
gilding
Fishbowl
643.1
878
WH1950.40
Unknown
England
12 3/8 (H), 10 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the Warner House Association
2012.211.1
South Berwick (York county, Maine)
United Kingdom
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