Punch Bowl
Chelsea Porcelain Factory (London, England, c. 1745-1784)
c. 1765
- Medium
- Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels and gilding
- Classification
- Ceramics
- Dimensions
- 17.5 × 38.8 cm (6 7/8 × 15 1/4 in.)
- Culture
- Chelsea
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Applied Arts of Europe
- Credit line
- Florence L. Notter Endowment
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
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.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
