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1959-40, Bowl
Punch Bowl
1959-40, Bowl

Punch Bowl

Date1765 (dated)
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft / delftware)
DimensionsOH: 4 3/16"; OD: 10 5/8", 4 7/16" (base)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1959-40
DescriptionShallow bowl with cylindrical foot ring. Whitish tin glaze decorated in blue: on the exterior, an English landscape scene; on the interior, a device incorporating Masonic emblems and the date 1765.
Label TextThe Masonic emblem depicted on the interior of this punch bowl was derived from a pierced piece of jewelry worn by Freemasons during the second half of the eighteenth century. The only recorded delft bowl with correct arms is in Freemasons' Hall in London. The interior border seen here is typical of those on Liverpool ship bowls (see CWF accession 1958-539). Delft pieces showing European landscapes including houses with windows resembling roman numerals such as these have been excavated in Williamsburg at the James Anderson House (IOAB.2326).
InscribedA device incorporating Masonic emblems and the date 1765 are on the interior of the bowl.
MarkingsNone
Exhibition(s)
DS1988-0183
ca. 1760
C1989-465
ca. 1730
Record
ca. 1770
Punch Bowl 1956-373
ca. 1760
DS1988-0153
1750 (dated)
KC1973-33
ca. 1760
DS1988-0172
ca. 1770
No image number on slide
1756-1763
DS1988-0195_R.2006-3491_1977-242, Bowl
ca. 1755
Punch Bowl 1972-235
1760-1780