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Platter,detailof ChateauofLacko 23. Covered Punch Bowl with Platter. Chinese
(Swedish market), ca. I745.Hard paste. Punch bowl:
h. with cover I2I/2in. (31.8 cm). Platter: diam. 2I3/4 in.
(55.2cm). Purchase,Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, I940
(40.I33.Ia, b; .2)

This monumentalpunchbowl, with its originalcoverand
platter,musthave beenoneof the mostambitiousporcelainsto
graceanAmericancolonialhouseholdW. ecanonlyspeculateas
to how thebowl,thedecorationofwhichindicatesthat it was
madeforthe Swedishmarket,foundits way to aprominent
Charlestofnamily duringtheeighteenthcenturyI. t was listed
amongthe ef/ectsofMary BrandfordBull, uponherdeathin
I772, as 'IlargeChinaBowl Dish & Cover."TheBulls,one
of Charleston'ws ealthiestfamilies,lived in thegrandstyle.
Throughthefour daughters,the bowl descendedin thefamily
and endedup in PhiladelphiabyI790. Thedetailedpainted
sceneon theplatter is basedon a 1691 engravingof the
SwedishChateauofLacko,on Lake Vanern.Two other
Swedishchdteausdrawnfrom earlierprintsourcesarerepre-
sentedon thebowl;the coverfeaturestwo Swedishchurches
in a landscapewith huntsmen,fishermena, nd sailors.

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