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Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Shaving bowl
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Shaving bowl

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureChinese | Chinese Trade Porcelain
Dateca. 1800
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 x 11 in. (8.3 x 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Norfolk Historic Foundation
Object number79.285.84
On View
Not on view
DescriptionShaving bowl of heavy porcelain. Oriental design of flowers in a blue container. Scalloped rim. Cut-out for neck. Two holes opposite in rim for hanging bowl. Flowers are orange, the leaves are green and blue. Gilt trim exterior. Blue branches with red and gold flowers.

Exhibition HistoryWilloughby-Baylor House; "China Trade Porcelain from the Collection of the Chyrsler Museum of Art" Chrysler Museum of Art, July 19, 1997 - October 30, 1998. "Life in Virginia 200 Years Ago", The Francis Land House, Virginia Beach, VA, May 17, 2007 - January 31, 2008
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