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punch-bowl
Object Type
punch-bowl
Museum number
1887,0307,E.117
Description
Punch bowl; tin-glazed earthenware; painted in two shades of blue; inscription inside with two sprays; oriental landscape outside.
Cultures/periods
Post-Medieval
Production date
18thC(mid)
Production place
Made in:
England
Materials
earthenware
Ware
delftware
Technique
tin-glazed
painted
Dimensions
Diameter:
20 centimetres
Diameter:
7.80 inches
Height:
3.40 inches
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Hodgkin & Hodgkin 1891 / Examples of Early English Pottery Named, Dated and Inscribed
(no.494)
Hobson 1903 / Catalogue of the collection of English Pottery in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquites and Ethnography of the British Museum
(E117)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
flower
landscape
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Acquisition date
1887
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1887,0307,E.117
Conservation
Treatment
: 03 Sep 2008