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Waste bowl

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1850-1875

GUSN

GUSN-3815

Description

Porcelain wastebowl. Enameled tendrils and flowers on gold ground around interior rim and medallion with flower and bird in basin. Bowl exterior decorated with alternating medallions of 1) birds and flowers and 2) interacting figures surrounded by tendrils, flowers and butterflies on gold ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

slop bowls
enameling
hand-painted
porcelain
medallions (ornament areas)
Container, Food Waste
Bowl, Waste
Porcelain
Enameled
Painted
Rose Medallion
Chinese Export
Bowl, Waste

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

China

Dimensions

2 7/8 (H), 7 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Thomas M. Hill, Jr.

Accession Number

1990.299.46

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