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Punch Bowl
Marked by: John White (English (Dorset), about 1700–1789)
English (London)
1736–37
Medium/Technique
Silver (sterling standard)
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 21 cm (4 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Weight: 29 oz (90g)
Weight: 29 oz (90g)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.87
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionHemispherical shape on spreading, stepped foot engraved with a band of shells and paterae. Molded lip, engraved below with four carouches, two enclosing female masks and two enclosing wild masks, all connected by panels of diaperwork.
Marks
Struck under base with hallmarks (leopard's head, lion passant, date letter for 1736-7) and with maker's mark of John White (Grimwade 1735)
ProvenanceAbout 1932, with Goldsmiths' and Silversmiths' Co., Ltd. November 4, 1936, sold by an anonymous owner at Christie's, London, lot 105. S. J. Phillips Ltd, London. Samuel Messer; May 13, 1992, sold as the property of the late Samuel Messer, at Christie's, London, lot 237. Asprey Ltd, London; By 1996, most probably sold by Asprey to Alan and Simone Hartman, New York, NY; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman. (Accession date: February 21, 2001)