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Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Punch Bowl

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Liverpool (made)

Tin-glazed earthenware punch bowl, painted in blue. The interior has a satirical coat of arms in the form of a parchment with five pendant seals, representing the shield, inscribed at the top, "Noverint Universi". On it are charges of a scene showing a lawyer seated at a desk accepting money bags from two men in front and behind him. Below is a book (Coke upon Littleton), three rolled scrolls and three circular coins or seals. On either side are two supporters in the form of men standing respectively on a plough and a harrow. The crest is in the form of a fox in lawyer's robes with below, the upper part of a mace. The mantling is in the form of indentures and scrolling parchments with seals inscribed with various legal phrases and expressions in Latin on the left and in English on the right. Below is the motto "DUM VIVO THRIVO" and the inscription "THE LAWYERS COAT OF ARMS".


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Earthenware
SCRAN
Object type
Punch bowl
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Delftware. Punch bowl, tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration, England, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Tin-glazed earthenware punch bowl, painted in blue. The interior has a satirical coat of arms in the form of a parchment with five pendant seals, representing the shield, inscribed at the top, "Noverint Universi". On it are charges of a scene showing a lawyer seated at a desk accepting money bags from two men in front and behind him. Below is a book (Coke upon Littleton), three rolled scrolls and three circular coins or seals. On either side are two supporters in the form of men standing respectively on a plough and a harrow. The crest is in the form of a fox in lawyer's robes with below, the upper part of a mace. The mantling is in the form of indentures and scrolling parchments with seals inscribed with various legal phrases and expressions in Latin on the left and in English on the right. Below is the motto "DUM VIVO THRIVO" and the inscription "THE LAWYERS COAT OF ARMS".
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.4cm
  • Diameter: 36.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'DUM VIVO THRIVO' and 'THE LAWYERS COAT OF ARMS' (Inscribed on the interior, at bottom of bowl, incorporated into design)
  • 'Noverint Universi' (Inscribed at the top of the interior)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber, 1885.
Subjects depicted
Satire
Coats of Arms
Floral Patterns
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
  • Lady Schreiber, No: 822. Rackham Schreiber, Pl: 3.
Other numbers
  • F 34 - Delftware (1997) cat. no.
  • Sch. II 19 - Schreiber number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
414:822-1885

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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