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Gift of Leo and Doris Hodroffexpand_more 2005.159.13
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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