Deep circular bowl with sides curving to high foot; decorated with overglaze polychrome enameling (famille rose palette): pine with green and orange needles; large chrysanthemums with red peonies; fence and bush; chrysanthemums on inside bottom of bowl; very distinct blue hue to glaze; probably small punch bowl; possibly waste.
bowls (vessels)
enameling
porcelain
overglazing
Knickknack
Bowl, Decorative
Bowl, Decorative
Famille Rose
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
China
3 5/8 (H), 8 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.413
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