It is circular with a flared footring. It is transfer printed in black with a tree-of-lie and floral pattern on the interior and repeated on the exterior. It is hand painted in lustrous pink, blue, brown and green.
punch bowls
earthenware
painting (image-making)
hand-painted
pearlware
transfer printing
floral patterns
tree of life (general motif)
Pearlware
Transfer Printed
Tree-of-Life
Floral
Painted
Earthenware
BOWL, PUNCH
Printed on the underside is the manufacturer's trademark: E.M. & Co./Indiantree. And impressed into the underside is: E. Malkin & Co.
Floral
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
E.M. & Co (Maker)
E. Malkin & Co. (Maker)
England, Staffordshire
4.875 (H), 11.875 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.12
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