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Punch bowl

Date1780-1795

OriginEngland, Staffordshire

MediumEarthenware, pearlware, with black transfer printing and polychrome enamels.

DimensionsOH: 4 1/8"; Diam. at rim: 9 7/16"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1993-433

DescriptionHemispherical-shaped punch bowl with plain ring foot. Exterior of bowl enameled in brown, yellow, green, red, and blue with swags of flowers hanging from oval patera, and with a stylized guilloche border. Interior of bowl has large black transfer print of a fish in the center, with the words scroll-encircled "The oftner You make me Swim" "the Merrier You will be" above and below the fish. The interior border of the bowl is enameled with brown bands enclosing alternating panels of diaperwork and floral sprays in red, yellow, and green.
Inscribed"The oftner You make me Swim / the Merrier You will be"
ProvenanceNot known

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