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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