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It can be assumed that punch pots were invented as a more refined means of dealing with this hot alcoholic beverage.<br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>The invention of the punch pot was surely closely linked with the introduction of red stoneware teapots in Staffordshire about 1750.These teapots, which were favoured by the Chinese for their ability to withstand the flame of a spirit-lamp, were ideal for making punch and keeping it hot. The same characteristics were shared with Staffordshire white salt-glazed stoneware, which in turn could be changed from a utilitarian object to a luxury product by the addition of elaborate enamel decoration. This pot has been decorated by one of the talented but anonymous independent decorators whose idiosyncratic style may be recognised on porcelain and opaque-white glass of the period.","physicalDescription":"Punch-pot of globular form, with a crabstock handle, spout and a handle to the lid. Painted with chinese figures in colours in which blue and crimson predomainate; with rich scolled and diapered borders around the lid and the opening at the top.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"salt-glazed stoneware","id":"x30178"},{"text":"salt glaze","id":"AAT48635"},{"text":"stoneware","id":"x30197"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painting (image-making)","id":"AAT54216"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Salt-glazed stoneware, painted in enamel colours","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Drinking","id":"THES48965"},{"text":"British Galleries","id":"THES48985"}],"styles":[{"text":"Chinoiserie","id":"AAT21167"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AN0870","2006AN0871","2017JU9034","2020MR5643"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"52D (VA)","id":"THES49257"},"free":"","case":"CA6","shelf":"","box":"7"},{"current":{"text":"52D (VA)","id":"THES49257"},"free":"","case":"CA6","shelf":"","box":"7"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Punch pot","id":""}],[{"text":"Cover","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Staffordshire","id":"x29181"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1755-1760","earliest":"1750-01-01","latest":"1760-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"18.73","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"29.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"approx.","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"17.78","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Registered Description; 01/01/1998 by KN","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"London, Stoner & Evans, 1929. 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Staffordshire potters first developed this type of white stoneware in about 1715 in imitation of Chinese porcelain.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["C.81-1938","C.81A-1938"],"accessionNumberNum":"81","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1938,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Punch pot","Cover"],"assets":["2019LR0371","2019LP9629","2019LP9408","2019LP0771","2019LU1204","2019LV7394","2019LW8811","2019LW7316"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"1998-06-23","availableToBook":false}}