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Description:
English delft circular punch bowl with light blue decoration. The well is decorated with a scrolling floral sprig, and the inside rim is encircled with a band of ten four-dot, cross-shaped designs. The outside is decorated with a large floral grouping (peony and daisy-like), a partridge-like bird, and flying insects. There is a "+" over the floral design to the right of the bird. The bowl is supported on an applied foot ring.

Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location)

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https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=HD+91.238

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