Description

The Thompson catalogue described the subjects one of a pair of bottles, and one of a pair of bowls, as follows:

'No. 219. Pair of Treble-Gourd Bottles, with long necks. On the two lower gourds leaf-shaped panels with arabesque designs, ornamental bands and the sacred eye; on a blue ground. On the upper gourd four panels with an inscription connected by fillets of diaper; on the neck upright blue leaves with arabesque ornament. Height, 9 ¾ inches.'

'No. 286. Pair of Bowls, with scalloped edge with two rows of shield-shaped panels; on the upper row alternate aster and other flowers; the lower panels, which are moulded, similarly ornamented; on the inner lip a broad band of ornament; in the centre large aster flowers with scroll. Diameter, 8 inches.' 1