English delftware blue and white punch bowl Circa 1770-85

Painted on the front with Chinese pavilions in a landscape and the reverse with a rocky view, the interior similarly painted with a building in landscape and a hot air balloon within a double-lined band beneath the rim decorated with diaperwork and blue dots.

The bowl appears to be cleanly broken in half and glued back; there is an associated 3 by 1 inch semi-circular break at the rim, that has been also reglued. There are several short haircracks running down the side of the rim and occasional typical glaze losses along the rim or scratches to the surface, consistent with use.
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A blue and white bowl of the same shape and of similar decoration is illustrated in Michael Archer, Delftware, the Tin-glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, p. 311, cat. no. F. 46, where the author attributes it to London.