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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 description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]

This porcelain bowl belonged to journalist and publisher Benjamin Edes of Boston. On the afternoon of the Boston Tea Party, some of the conspirators met at Edes's home on Brattle Street and drank punch from this bowl before proceeding to Griffin's Wharf.