Waste or slop bowl, American China Manufactory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1770–1772. Soft-paste porcelain. (Courtesy, Atwater Kent Museum; photo, Gavin Ashworth.)
Figure 2
Bottom view of the bowl illustrated in fig. 1, showing the “P” mark.
Figure 3
Interior view of the bowl illustrated in fig. 1.
Figure 4
Detail of the interior rim of the bowl illustrated in fig. 1.
Figure 5
Detail of the glassy glaze flaw on the rim of the bowl illustrated in fig. 1.
Figure 6
Detail of firing flaw on the footrim of the bowl illustrated in fig. 1. The small residue is where the bowl sat on the kiln furniture during firing.