| ISBN |
9781875567720 |
| Author |
Ellis, Elizabeth, 1950- (author.) |
| Title |
The Sydney punchbowl / Elizabeth Ellis. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Potts Point, NSW : Hordern House, 2013. |
| ©2013 |
| Description |
135 pages : colour illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits, photographs ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 128-135) |
| Summary |
A new work by Elizabeth Ellis OAM (author of Rare & Curious) investigating the milieu and the mysteries of the magnificent "Sydney Punchbowl", one of the most fascinating treasures of the Mitchell Library in the State Library of New South Wales. A fine and large porcelain bowl manufactured in China as export ware about 1820, the Punchbowl is decorated with a hand-painted panoramic scene of Sydney Cove around the outside and a group of Aboriginal figures as the inner centre-piece, and finished with exquisite Chinese-style floral and gilded bandings. As Elizabeth's book makes clear, the Punchbowl and its intriguing history deserve to be better known, which is why Hordern House has also commissioned a deluxe limited edition replica of the bowl, hand-crafted by Chinese craftsmen in Jingdezhen, China. This book also includes a brief essay on the making of the replica. |
| Subjects |
Sydney Punchbowl |
| Porcelain, Chinese -- New South Wales -- Sydney |
| Punch bowls -- New South Wales -- Sydney |
| Antiques -- New South Wales -- Sydney |
| Art objects -- Collectors and collecting -- New South Wales -- Sydney |
| Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History -- 1788-1851 |
| Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History |
| Call number |
738.28099441 ELL |
