Unidentified
Covered Punch pot
1759
Physical Qualities
Unglazed red stoneware, molded decoration, 6 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (16.5 × 29.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchased as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Battye, Baltimore
Object Number
1979.161
The shape, rich red-brown clay, and subtle molded designs of both this 18th-century English punch pot and Erickson’s China Junk Teapot were inspired by teapots from Yixing, China, dating to the 1500s. China Junk Teapot is part of the artist’s Junk Ship series of ceramics made to appear as if found in the wreckage of trade ships. To suggest transformation over time, the artist cast from life and attached oyster shells to her version of a sunken teapot. Cargo junk ships could carry over 100,000 pieces of porcelain in
addition to tea, silks, and spices, which were used in alcoholic punches served in pots like this English example.
Maker
Unidentified
2000-01-01 00:00:00–2000-01-01 00:00:00
