Figure 1 Punch bowls. Left: Staffordshire or Yorkshire,
ca. 1780. Pearlware. D. 7 15/16". Right:
attributed to Enoch Booth, Tunstall, Staffordshire, ca. 1745. Creamware.
D. 7 1/8". (Chipstone Foundation; photo, Gavin Ashworth.)
The body of the dragon starts on the exterior of the bowl and continues
over the rim into the well. Figure 2 Details of the interiors of the punch bowls illustrated in fig. 1, showing the head and upper body of the dragons. Figure 3 Teapot, Staffordshire, England, ca. 1770. Stoneware. H. 5 1/2". (Chipstone Foundation; photo, Gavin Ashworth.) Figure 4 Detail of roulette decoration on the body of the teapot illustrated in fig. 3. Figure 5 Detail of roulette decoration on the spout of the teapot illustrated in fig. 3. |