Bowl, Punch
- Object Name:
- Bowl, Punch
- Object ID:
- 1957.065.01.01
- Place of Origin:
- Europe
- Date:
- circa 1750
- Description:
- Punchbowl. Delft, tin-glazed earthenware. Large bowl with deep foot ring, plain rim. Exterior completely covered in handpainted blue and white decoration. Decoration includes small flowers with birds and scrolls. Base decorated with a blue band and triangles. Interior of bowl walls has a row of scrolls. Bottom of bowl interior decorated with a sprig of flowers and a bird. No maker's mark seen.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Tin-glazed - Dimensions:
- H-8.2 Dia-14 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Prentis Collection, exhibited in the "dining room" of the NHHS Prentis rooms. Listed as "English, early 18th C." on Prentis Collection inventory.
The Prentis Collection -- given by Katharine Prentis Murphy and her brother Edmund Astley Prentis, in memory of Katharine's husband, David Edward Murphy -- formed the contents of a suite of early New England "period rooms," meant to represent the home of a prosperous New England merchant c. 1730. The rooms were exhibited at the New Hampshire Historical Society (30 Park St.), 1957-1983. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy and Edmund Astley Prentis Jr., in Memory of David Edward Murphy
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