Documentary shipping bowl, late 18th century, 6 7/16 x 15 9/16 x 15 9/16 in. ( x x cm), Porcelain, China, Chinese export, This bowl offers a view of 18th century nautical life with ten sailors engaged in various activities, including catching crabs, carousing, and drinking. The bowl's text refers to a dispute over sailors' wages under Ship Steward William Brown aboard the Middlesex, a trading ship belonging to England's East India Company

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