Bristol Floral Slop Bowl

This is superb slop / waste bowl made by Champion's Bristol in about 1775. W. Cookworthy founded Plymouth around 1768 but soon after moved the factory to Bristol (around 1770) where he continued to make hard paste porcelain ( the only true hard paste in England!) with the help of Richard Champion. Champion bought the factory from him around 1773. He sold the factory in 1781 after which it was closed. The porcelain from this factory has always been very popular with the collectors due to the rarity of their pieces as well as their designs. This piece here is no exception. I have not seen a bowl like this from them before. A very nice example that has a nice shape to it and is hand painted with polychrome floral swags / garlands all around.Brownish trom to the top edge and a green flower bud to the inside bottom. The bowl is in amazing condition with just some crazing to the glaze on the underside as shown, a tiny flat chip to the inside edge likely from when it was made, a touch of wear to the brown trim and some minor manufacturing flaws like tiny black spots normal to these early wares. The crazing lines are not hairlines and none are in the visible areas. As nice as they come! The bowl is marked with their blue X or cross mark as well as a number 16 as shown. The piece is 2.625 inches tall and 5.625 inches in diameter. Please email me for more information or other pictures.