Minneapolis Institute of Art

Punch bowl with the arms of Stewart

China

Date

c. 1770

Medium

Porcelain

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

The initials AS along with the arms of the Stewart of Blantyre suggest that this punch bowl was made for the Honorable Alexander Stewart, who succeeded as the 10th Lord Blantyre in 1776. His younger brother Charles, who was in the East India Company and later served on the Supreme Council of Bengal, ordered a similar service at the same time. China, Asia

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