Collection Highlights
Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
1859
S-229
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Punch bowl
Object name
Punch bowl
Date
1744/45
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 6 3/8 x 9 1/4 in. ( 16.2 x 23.5 cm )
Description
Wrought silver punch bowl; deep, circular body with convex sides tapering to the applied, molded rim and curving under to the stepped and molded circular pedestal foot; engraved, in a cartouche on the front center, "The Gift of Gen. l/ BARRENTON/ To Cap.t ROB.T TROUP/ For Services done/ Onboard the Ship STURDY/ BEGGAR: at the Reduction/ Of St. Ann's, on GRANTIER/ IN THE YEAR 1759" in roman letters; a three masted ship of the line bearing a Union Jack engraved to the left of the inscription; maker's marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Alexander O. Vietor
Object Number
1979.79
Marks
stamped: on the base: "GM" in script, a crowned leopard's head in a shield, a lion passant conforming, and "i" in a shield
Inscriptions
engraved: in a cartouche on the front center: "The Gift of Gen. l/ BARRENTON/ To Cap.t ROB.T TROUP/ For Services done/ Onboard the Ship STURDY/ BEGGAR: at the Reduction/ Of St. Ann's, on GRANTIER/ IN THE YEAR 1759" in roman letters
Gallery Label
Captain Robert Troup, the commander of the American Privateer "Sturdy Beggar," assisted the English forces in their attack on St. Anne, Grande Terre (Guadalupe), in an attack mounted from the British Island of Antigua. This bowl was presented to Troup by the British General Barrington for services rendered during the battle against the French.
Provenance
Purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Vietor from Mr. Lloyd Preston Griscom (b. Feb. 5, 1914), NYC, son of Lloyd Carpenter Griscom, a long serving diplomat, and his wife Elsa Bronson Griscom.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
