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Bleeding Bowl
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About this work
Basin porringer-type bowl with molded rim, slightly rounded and tapered sides, and flat bottom incised near perimeter; interior marked at seven graduated intervals, each line stamped incuse with an even number from "2" to "16". Cast Old English-type handle is pierced with 8 voids and struck once on top with tombstone-shape, crowned book- or Bible-between-pillars touchmark of John Foster.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineBleeding Bowl. after 1740. National Museum of American History, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood. CC0.
