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One side is decorated with a naval scene taken from the 'Battle' of the Saints' between British and French ships, while the other side illustrates an outdoor scene of two oversized women in a park beside a large building. The naval battle occurred off the Iies des Saintes, a group of islands south of Guadeloupe in the eastern Caribbean, between 9<sup>th</sup> and 12<sup>th</sup> of April 1782, during the American War of Independence. The British fleet was commanded by Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney who prevented, and gained victory over the larger Spanish and French fleets as they sought to invade Jamaica. The naval success is deemed an important moment in British political history and various ceramics vessels and figurines were made to commemorate the event. One of the ships identified on this bowl is the HMS <i>St Albans</i> commanded by Captain Charles Inglis. The piece was perhaps commissioned by his brother, a director of the East India Company, to commemorate his brother's leadership in the battle.     ","physicalDescription":"Punch bowl of porcelain, painted <i>en grisaille</i> and gilt. Outside are two scenes, one showing a sea battle and the other, ladies in an English park. Inside the rim, a gilt lattice border with dotted edge in green; in centre, a rococo medallion with flowers.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"porcelain","id":"AAT10662"}],"techniques":[{"text":"grisaille","id":"AAT53386"},{"text":"gilt","id":"AAT53789"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Porcelain","id":"THES48907"},{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"}],"styles":[{"text":"Qing","id":"AAT18478"},{"text":"Polychrome","id":"x44055"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"EAS","id":"THES48596"},"images":["2006BE8287","2011EY2909","2019LY0736"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"136","id":"THES49877"},"free":"","case":"9","shelf":"3","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Punch bowl","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Jingdezhen","id":"x32230"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1785","earliest":"1780-01-01","latest":"1789-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Basil Ionides Bequest","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"13.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"30","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"The battle is that between the French and English fleets in the West Indies on 12th April 1782, known as \"The Saints\". A print depicting this, which evidently was used as a model, was engraved by Robert Dodd (1748-1815) in 1783; a copy is in the National Maritime Museum.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Punch bowl, porcelain painted <i>en grisaille</i> and gilt; China, Qing dynasty, ca. 1785","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Godden, G. A. <u>Oriental export market porcelain and its influence on European wares.</u> London; New York [etc.]: Granada, 1979, Plate 153."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni <u>Chinese Export Ceramics</u> London: V&A Publishing, 2011, p.14, pl.11"},{"reference":{"text":"Lu, Zhangshen, chief ed.  <u>Passion for Porcelain: masterpieces of ceramics from the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.</u>  Beijing: National Museum of China, 2012.","id":"AUTH321139"},"details":"p.105","free":""}],"production":"label","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"ships","id":"AAT82981"},{"text":"ladies","id":"x35297"},{"text":"parks","id":"AAT254248"}],"contentConcepts":[{"text":"battle","id":"x35625"}],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["C.18-1951"],"accessionNumberNum":"18","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1951,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-23","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-25","availableToBook":false}}