COVERED BOWL
Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer)
On view in: Breakfast Room
About this object
The bowl is shaped like a piece of fruit and is glazed white with a sprinkling of flower sprays and butterflies in colors. The gilt handle is shaped like the stem of the fruit with two veined leaves and a white bell shaped flower. The high base is decorated with gilt openwork rococo scrolls. The bowl is lobed and melon shaped. It is scalloped in cross section.
- Object name:
- COVERED BOWL
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Portugal
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- 12.7 cm (5 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.56.1-2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK underneath: 1A Portugal (in green underglaze), Made in Portugal (in blue overglaze), 1A (impressed)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973