Bowl

Bristol

About 1720

  • Titles Bowl (Descriptive)
  • Artist Bristol, England
  • Medium tin-glazed earthenware
  • Dimensions 2 3/4 x 7 in. Diam. (7 x 17.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.63.1998
  • Work Type bowl
  • Classification Containers

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Small round plate of cast iron decorated with a stylized flower in the middle between scrolling vines within a concave rhombus, on each side a pointed oval reserve within which are the figures of Neptune with a trident, sea nymphs with sea creatures, and a sea god riding a dolphin, the outer rim decorated with a band of scrolling vines highlighted by four swans with outstretched wings; the plate is mounted on a foot that rests on a square plinth and is decorated with Gothic arches and tracery, the plate is supported by the wings of four swans who rest on top of the columnar foot, with traces of bronze patina and gilding.
Pair of white, footed, slightly flared bowls of hard-paste porcelain, the body molded into a fluted, or "bamboo," pattern that is in two sections, a smaller lower section and larger upper section.
Half figure seated right, the head front.
Plain creamware fruit basket and stand, both with a molded basket weave design in the well, the basket with open woven sides and a double woven band entwining the edge, the stand with pierced latticework rim, and both basket and stand trimmed in yellow and brown enamel.