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Unknown Maker, Chinese export

Punch Bowl with Arms of Rhode Island

Maker

Culture

Chinese export

Title

Punch Bowl with Arms of Rhode Island

Year

ca. 1800

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

glazed porcelain, gilding

Dimensions

Height: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

On bottom of punch bowl: [tan rectangle sticker] "454A/Circa 1790/Price." [Round yellow sticker] "178." [Square white sticker] "NORTHEAST/AUCTION/1080." [Round white sticker] "William & Gretchen Viall Collection." [Round silver sticker] "ELINOR GORDON/Chinese/Export/Porcelain/VILLANOVA, PA."

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of William A. Viall III in memory of Gretchen Viall

Object Number

2016.102.22

Type

Ceramics

Exhibition History

Trading Earth

Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce

Apr 09, 2022 – Aug 03, 2025

Label copy

Typically made from a plant’s root, bark, fruit, or seeds, spices can be used fresh or dried. They can be crushed or combined with other ingredients using a weighty pestle in a mortar, ground into a powder, or in the case of nutmeg’s hard seed, grated with a specialized tool. Containers for storing spices were designed to be airtight and secure, like the multi-compartment silver box from India, the world’s largest producer, exporter, and consumer of spices.

18th and 19th-Century American Galleries

Jun 19, 2015

Charles Pendleton House

Jan 02, 2015

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Chinese export

Punch Bowl with Arms of Rhode Island, ca. 1800

Porcelain with glaze, enamels, and gilding

Height: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 inches)

Gift of William A. Viall III in memory of Gretchen Viall 2016.102.22

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