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DELFTWARE Beverage Wares 
Punch Bowls 
D305. PUNCH BOWL 
Probably Bristol 
1700-1715 
H.: 6 3/8" (16.2 cm); 
Diam. (average): 9 5/8" (24.4 cm) 
BODY CLAY: Fine-grained buff. 
TIN GLAZE: Pale blue to light 
turquoise, that on interior with loosely 
spaced, large pits. Overall, excluding 
edge of and uneven patches within 
footrim. 
SHAPE: Thrown. Nearly cylindrical 
footrim with chamfered bottom. Trian- 
gular arrangement of stilt marks on 
bottom of interior. 
DECORATION: Painted. On side one, 
Chinese figures seated in landscape 
with trees, plants, rocks, and fences; on 
side two, Chinese boys near flower 
vase. Interior bears central fishermen(?) 
and grasses motif within border com- 
posed of six curvilinear elements. 
Exterior borders composed of horizon- 
tal lines and, on base, dart motifs. 
Published: Home, Collection, pt. 19, no. 557 
MD 
D ased on its palette and decoration, both of which are derived from 
Chinese porcelain motifs, this punch bowl and a Longridge collection posset
pot 
(no. D285) form part of a group with several pieces of hollowware usually
attrib- 
uted to Bristol. Though no other punch bowl bearing ornament of this type
has 
been found, a few posset pots (one dated 1711), a 1710 dated two-handled
cup, 
and an undated teapot do display related figural scenes in the same colors.,
Seated adults in various poses are the most common figures depicted on such
wares, but the teapot and a covered jar (see no. D217 for approximate shape)
also portray single "boxing child" figures posed much like the
one at the right 
on the Iongridge bowl.' The teapot, jar, and some of the other examples also
share with the bowl paired (sometimes crossed) "golf club" motifs.
Differences 
in painting styles on the vessels in the group indicate that more than one
fac- 
tory produced them. (For cross-hatching of plants and grasses on a mug, see
no. D255, and for a seated woman in a somewhat similar style on a later 
Bristol plate, see no. D119.) 
    The distortion of the upper portion of the bowl, with the rim ranging
from 
9 1/4 inches (23.5 cm) to 10 inches (25.4 cm) across, presumably reflects
han- 
dling before the clay dried. Stilt marks on the interior of the bowl indicate
that 
another piece was fired within it. 
1. Lipski and Archer, Dated Delftware, nos. 949 
(1710 cup), 950 (1711 posset pot); Grigsby, Chip- 
stone, no. 1, and ttorne, Collection, pt. 4, no. 84 
(teapot). For other posset pots, see Taggart, 
Burnap, no. 114; Crellin, Wellcome, no. 368; 
Britton, Bristol, no. 421 (lid only). 
2. Archer and Morgan, (hina Dishes, col. pl. 1, 
no. 45. 
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