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bowl

human history
  • Other Name

    Mourning Bowl

  • Description

    bowl, lustre, white bowl with pink lustre glaze rim, transfers inside bowl and on outside of funeral themes, death of Princess Charlotte - 1817 :" Early 19th century Staffordshire bowl commemorating the death of Princess Charlotte, who died tragically young in 1817. Charlotte's death became the subject of national mouring resulting in a multitude of commemorative objects.

    This bowl features some of the more popular symbols of Victorian mourning including an hour glass (Time's up!), a broken anchor (lost hope), inconsolable mourners and a weeping willow tree"

  • Place
    Staffordshire/England
  • Accession Number
    1931.402
  • Accession Date
    30 Jul 1931
  • Other Id

    16667 (ethnology)

    K102 (ceramic)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

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