Located in Downingtown, PA
Creamware Pottery sailor's farewell punch bowl with Chinoiserie Scenes on Reverse,
Late 18th Century
The large polychrome creamware bowl has a scene to one side depicting a sailor's farewell. The officer, with a sword in a scabbard to his right hip, stands with arms crossed and his female companion looks away from him as she holds a parasol in her hand. In the background in a Royal Navy frigate at anchor and a sailor in a longboat rowing towards him.
To the reverse side is a charming chinoiserie scene of two women and a young boy watching...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Peru - Pottery
MaterialsCreamware, Pottery