Bowl

George Beere

Mid 18th century

  • Titles Bowl (Descriptive)
  • Artist George Beere, Irish
  • Medium silver
  • Dimensions 4 3/4 × 7 7/8 in. Diam. (12.1 × 20 cm)
  • Credit Line Bequest of Frances Oliver, 1972.252
  • Work Type bowl
  • Classification Containers

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Porcelain needle case in the form of a baby on a kind of cradle board, wearing a red and white garment with blue bows and a white cap.
Obverse: A young man attempting to catch the fleeing Chronos (with bill hook). Reverse: A figure being carried by the winged Chronos.
Footed, molded potpourri vase or bulb pot of buff-colored caneware decorated with enamel, the round foot with two blue bands around it, the body fluted and painted with blue bands and green bamboo leaves to give the impression of bamboo poles, with two small handles and a band of gold around the shoulder and below the lip, between the gold bands a band of light blue enamel with a meandering green leaf and berry vine, a band of blue along the edge of the lip, the conforming cover pierced with holes of varying sizes with blue edging and green palmettes, the tall, round, open finial fluted and decorated with blue bands.
Oil lamp of black basalt resting on a small square plinth, plain round foot and stem, the lower body fluted, the upper body plain and with three extended openings for three wicks in the form of leafy brackets, the interior with three funnels to feed the wicks through, small beading around the lip, the wooden cover a replacement.