Name/Title
BowlEntry/Object ID
MP.87.27 a-bDescription
Straight-sided bowl with curved, protruding lip and domed lid with berry finial decorated in underglaze blue with touches of gilt: unglazed band on bottom and unglazed areas on bowl and top where they meet; decoration on the sides of the bowl in the form of rocks and flowers, mountains in distance, steeply-arched stone bridge connecting two pieces of land with rocks, flowers and willow trees; relatively low, "gambrel roofed" structure with thatched roof, tree and outbuilding on right; double blue line border below landscape; upper border consists of (from top to bottom): line of gilt, row of connected cells with a dot in the center of each, a modified "Fitzhugh" border of a scaled background with the following repeating motifs: an upside down butterfly, two C-curved leaf- or feather-motif connected by half a flower, and a roughly upside down V-shaped device with floral ornament; decoration on lid consists of similar scene with stone bridge, willow tree, structure with thatched roof and tree; same border as on bowl runs around edge of lid; underglaze berry finial touched in gilt.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
UnknownAttribution
MakerNotes
Dates: 1800 - 1899
Date made: r. 1800 - 1899Dimensions
Dimension Description
Height with lidHeight
3-1/16 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm)Dimension Description
Height with lidHeight
4-3/4 inDiameter
5-7/8 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. (12.1 x 14.9 cm)Condition
Notes
Remarks: Details of condition: Gilt worn; dirt on unglazed area of bowl's interior rim; chip out of edge of lid leading to long crack; another long crack leads from edge to center.General Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Montgomery Place, Montgomery Room