Documentary shipping bowl
- Medium
- Porcelain
- Dimensions
- 6 7/16 x 15 9/16 x 15 9/16 in. (16.35 x 39.56 x 39.56 cm)
- Genre
- Ceramics
Tags
China
About
This bowl offers a view of 18th century nautical life with ten sailors engaged in various activities, including catching crabs, carousing, and drinking. The bowl's text refers to a dispute over sailors' wages under Ship Steward William Brown aboard the Middlesex, a trading ship belonging to England's East India Company.
