Punch pot

Longton Hall

ca. 1755 · Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This punch pot was intended for the serving of an alcoholic punch, and its contents are suggested by the overlapping vine leaves and small bunches of grapes that decorate its surface. The pot was made at the Longton Hall factory in Staffordshire which frequently employed low-relief motifs drawn from nature as the primary decoration of its wares.

Artist

Longton Hall

Date

ca. 1755

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration

Culture

British, Longton Hall, Staffordshire

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Purchase, Funds from various donors, by exchange, and Bequests of Mary Strong Shattuck and Alfred Duane Pell, by exchange, 2016