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Culture:English
Title:bowl
Date Made:1830-1850
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: red earthenware, copper lustre (lusterware), blue slip, overglaze polychrome enamels
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; Staffordshire (probably)
Measurements:overall: 3 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.; cm
Accession Number:  HD 71.125
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Edgar Bibas
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
English lusterware footed bowl with a flared rim, decorated with copper lustre and a dark blue band around the body with two floral sprays and two scenes with a shepherd and sheep in brown, orange-red, blue, green, black, and white, all in relief. Its copper lustre decoration is created by applying gold salts to the red earthenware body, where in the heat of the kiln the metal is deposited as a thin layer on the surface.

Subjects:
Pottery; Copper; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome

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