Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1912 — PUNCH BOWL CENTURY OLD [ARTICLE]

PUNCH BOWL CENTURY OLD

Relic of Early New York to Be Placed in Metropolitan Museum for Safe-Keeping. New York. —The Morton punchbowl, an historic piece of rare Lowestoft porcelain, which was presented to the city of New York by Governor Jacob Morton in 1812, has Just ended a 100year sojourn in the governor’s room of the city hall, and will now be consigned for safe-keeping to a glass case in the Metropolitan Museum of Art The bowl is nearly six feet in circumferencermaking it the largest perfect piece of the ware In existence. Its ample interior carries a huge bird’s eye view 6f New York city in 1903, together with the seals of the nation and state, the frigate Constitution undsr full sail, and a‘presentment of a shipyard. Its inscription reads: "Drink deep. You will preserve the city and encourage canals.”