Punch Bowl

ca. 1778-80 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Punch bowl of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue, enamels and gilded. Circular in shape and painted outside with fruit and flowers in nearly circular panels, reserved on an underglaze blue ground, and the fruit and flowers are painted in orange, green, blue, yellow and brown. Diapered with gold stars and trellis inside, a wavy border in underglaze blue with dotted circles in gold, and in the centre with fruit and flowers in orange, green, yellow, dark red and brown. Gold line borders and edge.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue, enamels and gilded
Brief description
Circular punch bowl of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue, enamels and gilded, Seth Pennington's factory, Liverpool, ca. 1778-80.
Physical description
Punch bowl of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue, enamels and gilded. Circular in shape and painted outside with fruit and flowers in nearly circular panels, reserved on an underglaze blue ground, and the fruit and flowers are painted in orange, green, blue, yellow and brown. Diapered with gold stars and trellis inside, a wavy border in underglaze blue with dotted circles in gold, and in the centre with fruit and flowers in orange, green, yellow, dark red and brown. Gold line borders and edge.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.9cm
  • Diameter: 19.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
A cross (Incised under the glaze)
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Production
The enamelling and gilding have previously been attributed to the London workshop of James Giles.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For this pattern, see Hillis, Maurice. Liverpool Porcelain, 1756-1804. 2011, pl. 9.6, where dated ca. 1778-80
Collection
Accession number
C.1155-1924

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Record createdJune 3, 2009
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