Bowl, Punch
- Object Name:
- Bowl, Punch
- Object ID:
- 1922.009.01
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1908
- Description:
- Punch Bowl. Silver. Large bowl with two reeded handles on a circular pedestal base. Reeded band near top of bowl, above the band are the words in upper case roman letters "BATTLESHIP NEW HAMPSHIRE." Below the band are four NH vignettes: they include an etching of the Old Man of the Mountain with the words "Old Man of the Mountains", an etching of the state capitol building with the words "State Capitol", an etching of Dartmouth College, with the words "Dartmouth Hall" and an etching of the summit of Mount Washington, with the words "Summit of Mount Washington." Also included are the NH state seal in a laurel wreath, depicting a boat on rafters with a rising sun motif on the horizon and workers in the foreground, the Navy seal in a laurel wreath, depicting a spread-winged eagle in front of the prow of a ship in full sail and the words "NAVY DEPARTMENT / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" in upper case letters. Mounted on the pedestal base are two left-facing spread-winged eagles holding arrows and laurel sprigs in their talons. Eagles are held on with bolts and wingnuts. Base ring of pedestal has a reeded band. Reeded band wrapped with leaves (probably laurel leaves). Bottom of bowl decorated with repousse acanthus leaves. Interior of bowl has a gold wash. Stamped on the bottom of bowl in sans-serif upper case letters "STERLING." "36Pts." A script letter "D" within a crowned shield (for the William B. Durgin Company).
- Material:
- Metal
Silver
Gold - Dimensions:
- H-14.5 W-22.625 D-15.875 inches
- Provenance:
- The U.S.S. New Hampshire was built by the New York Shipbuilding Company and commissioned on March 19, 1908. There were 41 officers and 809 men on board. In 1907 the state legislature appropriated $6,000 for the design and manufacture of a silver service. The William B. Durgin Company of Concord, NH made the service and it was presented to the U.S.S. New Hampshire by Gov. Charles M. Floyd on August 8, 1908 at Portsmouth. The silver service consists of 72 pieces.
The U.S.S. New Hampshire was decommissioned in 1921 as a result of the Washington Naval Treaty and sold for scrap in November 1923. - Credit Line:
- On Loan from the United States Navy
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