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Edes family Tea Party punch bowl

Edes family Tea Party punch bowl Porcelain,
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Porcelain, made by an unidentified maker in China, circa 1760-1773

13 cm (height) x 33 cm (diameter at lip)

Hard-paste porcelain punch bowl decorated in colored enamels


This bowl belonged to Benjamin Edes of Boston. Some of the participants in the Boston Tea Party met at Edes's home and drank punch from this bowl before proceeding to Griffin's Wharf on 16 December 1773.