Name/Title
BowlEntry/Object ID
2013.002Description
Bone China Punch Bowl. Inside bottom printed with an eagle on a shield, 1913-1963. Outside, printed panels of fruit, flowers, a watering can and a dovecote sit in gilded frames with classical modern curves and fronds, Band of gothicy gilded trim inside and outside the bowl. Red outlines much of the gilding. The mission inside the upper rim: THE OBJECTS OF THIS ASSOCIATION SHALL BE: tO STIMULATE THE KNOWLEDGE AND LOVE OF GARDENING AMONG AMATEURS, TO SHARE THE ADVANTAGES OF ASSOCIATION, . . . . .THROUGH CONFERENCE AND CORRESPONDENCE IN THIS COUNTRY AND ABROAD: TO AID IN THE PROTECTION OF NATIVE PLANTS AND BIRDS, AND TO ENCOURAGE CIVIC PLANTING. The bottom: inside a scrolling foliate frame with a cornucopia it reads: 50th Anniversary The Garden Club of America.Collection
Ceramics, Garden Club of AmericaCategory
Museum Collections
Objects
Made/Created
Date made
1963Place
Country
EnglandRegion
Great Britain, British Isles, Western EuropeContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Dimensions
Height
4-1/4 inDiameter
9-1/2 inRelationships
Related Events
Event
GCA 50th Anniversary