Collection Highlights
Parure
ca. 1820
1920.11-17
Cut steel
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Punch bowl
Object name
Punch bowl
Date
ca. 1829
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 5 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. ( 14.9 x 21.9 cm )
Description
Wrought silver punch bowl; deep, circular bowl-shaped body on a circular molded and stepped pedestal with gadrooning around the footring and around the body joint; convex band around the body, below the vertically applied, gadrooned rim; front center engraved, "B" in gothic script; maker's mark on the base.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot
Object Number
1947.2
Marks
engraved: front center: "B" in gothic script
stamped: on the base: twice, "P. Chitry" in script in a rectangle
Gallery Label
This punch bowl belonged to Mrs. Martha Coggeshall Holly (b. 1804), who married John Bissell in 1829.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
