Description:
English delft punch bowl decorated with chinoiserie scenes in blue. This shallow bowl is an example of a late, low broad punch bowl, which serves as a contrast to the earlier, deeper punch bowls. The interior rim is surrounded with a band of alternating trellis diaper and sgraffito, over two thin and one scalloped band. The well has a pagoda flanked by trees with tiers of strokes like layered palm fronds and three groups of birds flying overhead, encircled by a trellis diaper band. The exterior rim has a shell edge over alternating scenes of pagodas and landscapes with trees. The bowl is supported on an applied foot. The feathered edge on this punch bowl associate it with plates showing the balloon ascent of Vincenzo Lunardi in or after 1784, which can be shown to have been made in Lambeth.
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
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