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V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Artist/Maker	Brislington Pottery (manufacturer)
Place of origin	Brislington (made)

Punch bowl of buff coloured tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels. The interior has a floral spray and oriental classic scroll motifs. The exterior is painted with eight compartments one of which is inscribed 'PARLIMENT BOWL FREE WITHOUT EXCISE 1736'. The rest have two alternating patterns of flower sprays, one of which is a simplified form of the one in the interior. All the decoration is in blue.

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Categories	Delftware Ceramics Earthenware Food Vessels & Tableware Drinking
Object type	Bowl
Materials and techniques	Tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels Tin Glaze Earthenware Enamels Painted
Brief description	Delftware punch bowl of buff coloured tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels, probably Brislington pottery, Brislington, 1736.
Physical description	Punch bowl of buff coloured tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels. The interior has a floral spray and oriental classic scroll motifs. The exterior is painted with eight compartments one of which is inscribed 'PARLIMENT BOWL FREE WITHOUT EXCISE 1736'. The rest have two alternating patterns of flower sprays, one of which is a simplified form of the one in the interior. All the decoration is in blue.
Dimensions	Height: 18cm Diameter: 36cm
Marks and inscriptions	'PARLIMENT BOWL FREE WITHOUT EXCISE 1736' (On side, incorporated into decoration.; painted)
Credit line	Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history	Acquired by the Museum of Practical Geology before 1871. Transferred, 1901. The inscription refers to Walpole's financial schemes, refering to the Gin Act of 1736.
Subjects depicted	Floral Patterns Medallions Scrolls
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 M.P.G. 1871 and 1876, S.14. Lipski and Archer, No: 1094.
Other number	F22. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	3620-1901

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Record created	January 29, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O21325/bowl-brislington-pottery/

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