Collection Highlights
William Walton (1706-1768)
ca. 1750
1902.3
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Punch bowl
Object name
Punch bowl
Date
ca. 1912
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 9 1/4 x 15 1/2 in. ( 23.5 x 39.4 cm )
Description
Cast and wrought silver punch bowl; deep, lobate, inverted pear-shaped body with an everted and flared rim; cast daffodils and leaves applied around the rim; circular, domed, lobate foot with cast daffodils applied around the rim; engraved on the front, "PRESENTED TO/ HON. WILLIAM SULZER/ ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES/ AFTER A CONTINUOUS SERVICE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS/ -BY THE-/ MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK DELEGATION, 62ND CONGRESS/ IN HONOR OF HIS FAITHFUL PATRIOTIC SERVICES/ ""AND""/ AS A MARK OF PERSONAL AFFECTION" in block letters; gilt interior; maker's marks stamped on the base.
Credit Line
Gift of the Honorable William Sulzer
Object Number
1934.39
Marks
engraved: on the front: "PRESENTED TO/ HON. WILLIAM SULZER/ ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES/ AFTER A CONTINUOUS SERVICE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS/ -BY THE-/ MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK DELEGATION, 62ND CONGERSS/ IN HONOR OF HIS FAITHFUL PATRIOTIC SERVICES/ ""AND""/ AS A MARK OF PERSONAL AFFECTION" in block letters
stamped: on the base: "T" in script with a lion rampant inside over, "STERLING/ 6917/ 16 PINTS" over a gothic, "B"
Gallery Label
This punch bowl was presented to William Sulzer at the time of his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives in 1912.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
