A large and rare commemorative creamware punchbowl dated 1793, the exterior printed in black with

A large and rare commemorative creamware punchbowl dated 1793, the exterior printed in black with a scene of Neptune and Amphitrite and small scenes of traders in harbours, inscribed 'Success to the Mines and Fishery in Cornwall', the interior with 'Cornubia echoes while her pillars shines, Success to fish, tin and copper mines. if those withheld, she casts a baleful sound, and all gay Albion is dismay'd around' above the initials JH and 1793, two rim cracks, 33cm dia.Provenance: from the collection of Edward and Jill Croft-Murray. Jill Croft-Murray (née Whitford Hawkey) was descended from Joseph Hawkey of Cornwall, for whom this bowl is believed to have been made.