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Punch bowl
Danish
about 1801
Object Place: Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark
Medium/Technique
Porcelain
Dimensions
14.92 cm (5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.763
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionCurved sides, gilded rim & base. In wreath topped by lion's head "Tilegnet / O:Fischer / og alle brave Danshe / Klöbenhavn 2 April 1801 / af / Roejoe-torff" and naval battle scenes around bowl in wide band between gold lines. Blue flowers on lower bowl. Depicts the naval vicory of Admiral Nelson at Copenhagen in 1801.
Marks
Mark on bottom
Inscriptions"Tilegnet/O:Fischer/og alle brave Danshe/Klöbenhavn 2 April 1801/af/Roejoe-torff"
ProvenanceHelena Woolworth McCann (b. 1878 - d. 1938), Syosset, NY; by descent to her children, Constance (Mrs. Joseph V.) McMullan, Helena (Mrs. Winston F. C.) Guest, and Frasier McCann; 1941, lent to the MFA by the children of Mrs. McCann, through the Winfield Foundation, New York; 1951, gift of the Winfield Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 10, 1951)