A good John Pennington (Liverpool) blue and white punch bowl, c.1780, the interior painted with the

A good John Pennington (Liverpool) blue and white punch bowl, c.1780, the interior painted with the infant Bacchus sitting astride a barrel and holding a cup of ale aloft, a blue and white jug in his left hand bearing the same pattern as the bowl's exterior, a hunter aiming his gun at a group of game birds in a rural landscape, the interior rim with bird and flower vignettes reserved on a formal trellis border, 22cm dia.

Provenance: Rod Jellicoe. Formerly the Walton Temple Collection. With Klaber & Klaber, 11th September 1980.

This bowl relates to a group of shipping bowls with similar exterior decoration, illustrated by Maurice Hillis in Liverpool Porcelain, figs. 8.33-8.43. Similar dated pieces made for shipping or trade families in the vicinity bear similar high quality painting.