Punch Bowl
Chelsea Porcelain Factory
1760–1770
- Medium
- Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels and gilding
- Dimensions
- 17.5 × 38.8 cm (6 7/8 × 15 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- punch bowl
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
porcelainTablewarebowleuropean decorative artssoft-paste porcelainceramicspunch bowl
About
Magnificent in scale and lavish in decoration, this punch bowl represents the English response to the High Rococo style of French porcelain at Sèvres. With a dense, dark blue ground color and lavish, applied gold frames surrounding the three bird-filled cartouches, it was intended to compete with French imports of the highest quality.
