Bowl, Waste
- Object Name:
- Bowl, Waste
- Object ID:
- 1935.008.03
- Place of Origin:
- China
- Date:
- 1785-1800
- Description:
- Waste bowl, porcelain. Hemispherical bowl with slightly ribbed sides and polychrome decoration; outlined at top of inner surface with a blue band, fringed with gold. Undulating gray vine with gold berries around top of outer surface. Central motif obverse and reverse consisting of a gray bird on gray and gilt base holding a gilt sprig in mouth. Below bird is a rectangular blue panel outline in gold containing a gold bud and leaf design.
- Material:
- Ceramic
- Dimensions:
- H-2.625 Dia-5.625 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a set said to have belonged to John Stark.
Central motif apparently erroneously believed to represent the Stark coat of arms. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
- People:
- Stark, John (1728-1822)
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