Bowl, Punch
Object number81.7.1
Artist
Gorham Manufacturing Company
(1865 - 1961)
Date1899
OriginEngland
MediumSterling silver gilt
Credit LineGift of Mr. & Mrs. Samuel McClung
DescriptionEngraved, sterling silver punch bowl with pedestal foot. Bowl has lobed reverse pear shaping and scalloped edge adorned with grape vines in relief, heavy foliate handles and scrolled edges. Gilt lining.Dimensions18 pint capacitySignedMary Caldwell Mellon/from/Thomas and Sarah Negley
InscriptionsMary Caldwell Mellon/from/Thomas and Sarah Negley Mellon/December 25,1899
MarksBottom,engraved:Punch bowl, ladle,/Coffee,Sugar,Cream,/Bread Tray
Bottom,impressed: [silver marks] STERLING/A4925/18 PINT B9942..........
Historical NotesThis punch bowl, along with a ladle, was a Christmas gift from Judge Thomas Alexander Mellon and his wife Sarah Jane Negley Mellon to their daughter-in-law Mary C. Caldwell. She was married to their second son, Thomas Alexander Mellon II, who had died of throat cancer that same year. The punch bowl was inherited by Mary's daughter Mary Caldwell Mellon McClung, who used it every New Year's Day to serve egg nog. It was then passed down to her son Samuel McClung, who donated it to HSWP in 1981.
Related person
Sarah Negley Mellon
(1817 - 1909)
Previous owner
Mary Caldwell Mellon
(died 1902)
Related person
Thomas Alexander Mellon Sr.
(1813 - 1908)
Previous owner
Thomas Mellon II
(1844 - 1899)
On View
On viewCollections
1961
Rogers Brothers
L.E. Smith Glass Company
