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Punch Bowl

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1675-1750

GUSN

GUSN-3240

Description

The bowl has a deep circular form with a tll slightly tapered foot ring and the interior is grey and hand painted with 8 green, yellow, sienna and blue fish. The exterior is "sprinkled" with purple.

Details

Descriptive Terms

punch bowls
delftware
earthenware
enameling
glazing (coating)
painting (image-making)
hand-painted
tin (metal)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
fish
Earthenware
Painted
Tin Glazed
Enameled
Fish
Delftware
BOWL, PUNCH

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

3.5 (H), 8 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1023

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