antique 1860s wedding punch bowl, civil war vintage moss rose ironstone china

antique 1860s wedding punch bowl, civil war vintage moss rose ironstone china
antique 1860s wedding punch bowl, civil war vintage moss rose ironstone china
antique 1860s wedding punch bowl, civil war vintage moss rose ironstone china
antique 1860s wedding punch bowl, civil war vintage moss rose ironstone china
antique 1860s wedding punch bowl, civil war vintage moss rose ironstone china
antique 1860s wedding punch bowl, civil war vintage moss rose ironstone china
antique 1860s wedding punch bowl, civil war vintage moss rose ironstone china
antique 1860s wedding punch bowl, civil war vintage moss rose ironstone china
antique 1860s wedding punch bowl, civil war vintage moss rose ironstone china
antique 1860s wedding punch bowl, civil war vintage moss rose ironstone china

Antique moss rose ironstone china punch bowl, without chips or cracks but showing quite a bit of wear and use.

Antique moss rose ironstone china punch bowl, without chips or cracks but showing quite a bit of wear and use.

This isn't marked, though there's no question that this is one of the oldest pieces of moss rose - or any ironstone china - that we've ever handled. We're putting the age at something around the mid-1800s, though we would not be surprised to find it's early Victorian.

Someone went through a lot of trouble to try to remove the lettering Tom and Jerry on the side, I'm not sure why, since this is a traditional old punch, and the bowl is obviously a punch bowl shape. I suppose it's possible that the lettering was added after production, and then this was 'restored'.

It measures 10 3/4" in diameter across the rim of the bowl, and 4 1/2" deep. Not large by today's punch bowl standards! It'll make a beautiful display piece in your collection, or hold flowers very nicely.

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