Punch bowl

Date1726-1727

Artist/Maker George Wickes (1698-1761)

MediumSilver (Sterling)

DimensionsH: 6 5/8"; OD: 9 5/8"; D(top): 9 1/4"; D(base): 7"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1954-586

DescriptionPunch bowl: deep circular bowl slightly constricted at top with molded rim and supported on scotia and cavetto molded circular foot. Engraved on side amid foliate scrolls is a coat-of-arms: argent, a castle proper, the chief azure with crescent between two mullets or.
Label TextLarge bowls intended for punch are part of the proliferation of new forms in the late seventeenth century. The earliest surviving examples date from the 1680s. One of these is a magnificent silver-gilt example with cover, scrolled handles, and feet by Philip Rollos, which was presented to the borough of Stamford in 1685. It has a matching ladle with a tubular silver handle.

The Colonial Williamsburg collection includes a large group of early silversmiths' tools that descended in the succession of firms ultimately known as Garrard & Co. Some of the earlier tools may have belonged to George Wickes, the founder of this line and the maker of this bowl, while others may have belonged to his partners and successors, Edward Wakelin, John Parker, John Wakelin, William Taylor, and Robert Garrard.
InscribedArms of the Portal family of Ash Park, Hampshire, engraved on face of body.
MarkingsCenter of underbody: date-letter "L" for 1726-1727; lion passant; leopard's head crowned; G enclosing W in oblong (twice).
ProvenanceGarrard & Co. Ltd., London (purchased from C. J. Vander Ltd., London, 1954)
Acquired by CWF in 1954.

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