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Lot 113
A large Liverpool punchbowl, circa 1770-75
30 June 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £480 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA large Liverpool punchbowl, circa 1770-75
Attributed to Philip Christian and Co, of deep form, the exterior painted in blue with a Chinese river scene, a bridge connecting two islands, a fisherman seated on the smaller, the larger with a house, a rustic fence and a variety of plants and rockwork, twin mountain peaks in the distance, the interior with another island and a diaper border below the rim, 27.2cm diam (cracked)
Footnotes
The Chinoiserie scene bears some similarity with that on a ship bowl inscribed 'Ralph Farrar 1783', illustrated by Bernard Watney and Caroline Roberts, Liverpool Porcelain Ship Bowls, ECC Trans, Vol 15, Pt 1, 1993, pl 22a and b. The painting is attributed to William Jackson
