Bowl
1749 (made)
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Punch bowl of enamelled buff coloured tin glazed earthenware painted with enamels. The interior has flowering branches with leaves and a caterpillar in red, yellow, green and blue. One leaf has sgraffito decoration. The exterior has the arms of the Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights: gules a chevron between three wheels or, on a chief argent an axe fessewise proper the handle to the sinister with supporters on either side a horse rampant and the motto 'GOD GRANT UNITY'. Crest: on a wreath of the colours a dexter arm embowed, vested gules cuffed argent, holding in the hand proper a mallet or, repeated four times. All the decoration is in red, yellow, green and blue. The rim is brownish red. Floral decoration and inside is a blossoming plum tree.
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels |
Brief description | Delftware punch bowl of tin glazed earthenware painted with enamels with the arms of the Wheelwrights' Company, possibly Lambeth, 1749. |
Physical description | Punch bowl of enamelled buff coloured tin glazed earthenware painted with enamels. The interior has flowering branches with leaves and a caterpillar in red, yellow, green and blue. One leaf has sgraffito decoration. The exterior has the arms of the Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights: gules a chevron between three wheels or, on a chief argent an axe fessewise proper the handle to the sinister with supporters on either side a horse rampant and the motto 'GOD GRANT UNITY'. Crest: on a wreath of the colours a dexter arm embowed, vested gules cuffed argent, holding in the hand proper a mallet or, repeated four times. All the decoration is in red, yellow, green and blue. The rim is brownish red. Floral decoration and inside is a blossoming plum tree. |
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Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
Object history | Acquired by the Museum of Practical Geology before 1871. Transferred 1901. |
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Other number | F28. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
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Accession number | 3619-1901 |
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Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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