Punch Bowl

England

About 1770

  • Titles Punch Bowl (Descriptive)
  • Artist England
  • Medium lead-glazed earthenware (creamware)
  • Dimensions 4 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. Diam. (10.8 x 24.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.225.1998
  • Work Type bowl
  • Classification Containers

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