|
Figure 12 Punch bowl, England, ca. 1802. Pearlware. D. 10 1/4". Britannia is pictured with her shield. To her left is Victory, holding a palm frond, and seated to her right is France holding the Liberty Cap. The border includes a lovely butterfly motif. This punch bowl, made in celebration of the Treaty of Amiens, is from the household of Samuel Snowden, editor of the Alexandria Gazette. It was discarded in the 1820s, in a privy behind his home and office at 105 South Royal Street. |
|