A 'RHODE ISLAND' PUNCH BOWL

CIRCA 1802-06

Details

A 'RHODE ISLAND' PUNCH BOWL
CIRCA 1802-06
Enameled front and back with an eagle holding a shield bearing a foul anchor, a trumpet of fame and a banner reading IN GOD WE HOPE, all symbols of Rhode Island, the sides and interior of the bowl with loose bouquets, the rim with a gilt and purple band of fruiting grapevine
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) diameter

Literature

Fuchs and Howad, Made in China, p. 140, no. 89.

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Lot Essay

The present eagle motif finds its origins in the 1802-05 masthead of Newport's Rhode-Island Republican newspaper. For another punch bowl with this same Newport eagle owned by John Jay (1745-1829) and gifted to the Diplomatic Receiption Rooms, U.S. Department of State by George P. Morse, see J. McClure Mudge, Chinese Export Porcelain in North America, New York, 1986, p. 217, no. 355.

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