Punch Bowl
about 1810
Object PlaceChina for export
Medium/TechniquePorcelain, underglaze blue, overglaze enamels and gilding
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Henry B. Thomas
Accession number24.447
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Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
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ProvenanceBy tradition, Susanna Hayward (Mrs. Oakes) Shaw (b. 1745 - d. 1839); 1839, to her son Lemuel Shaw (b. 1781 - d. 1861); 1861, to his daughter Elizabeth Knapp Shaw (Mrs. Herman) Melville (b. 1822 - d. 1906); 1906, to her daughter Frances Melville (Mrs. Henry Besson) Thomas (b. 1885 - d. 1938); 1924, gift of Mrs. Henry B. Thomas to the MFA.
Porcelain: 1628–44, mounts: early 18th century
Porcelain: 1628–44, mounts: early 18th century
about 1780
1710–25
about 1750
late 17th–mid-18th century