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| Figure 2 Side view of bowl illustrated in fig. 1. (Melbourne Cricket Club Museum Collection; courtesy of the National Sports Museum, Melbourne Cricket Ground. Acc. No. M569.1; photo, Erin O'Brien.) The vignette Swinging on the Rope, located on one side of the covered bowl, is derived from a set of engravings by James Cole titled The Second Part of Youthful Diversions, 1739. The palette comprises an iron red, as seen in the scrolled cartouche. In addition there is blue-green, grass green, vibrant mid-blue, brown grading to dark brown, black, purple, and shades of bright yellow either thickly applied, as on the girl’s skirt, or applied as a thin wash. Flesh pink is derived from mixing a buff color with very minor iron red. This range of colors is somewhat similar to the palette displayed on many early Bow phosphatic wares. |