Bowl

Date1712-1713

Maker Humphrey Payne

MediumSilver (Britannia)

DimensionsH(rim): approx. 2 11/16"; D(rim): 5 1/4"; D(base): approx. 3 1/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1954-512

DescriptionBowl: broad hemispherical body with plain rim supported on short domed circular foot with molding at edge.
Label TextThis small bowl and accession 1954-325 may have been slop or waste bowls with tea or coffee services. Small bowls of this sort served as repositories for the dregs from the pot and cup.

InscribedNone
MarkingsBritannia standard. Maker's mark "Pa" in block letters with a haystack-like device above and a pellet below within a modified shaped shield, lion's head erased, Britannia, and date letter on face of body below rim.
ProvenanceGarrard & Co. Ltd., London (purchased from W. P. Dobson, Milnthorpe, Westmoreland, 1954)
Acquired by CWF in 1954.