John Inch and Jane Inch
Punch Bowl
1742
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Silver alloy, 4 7/16 × 7 5/16 in. (11.3 × 18.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sarah Steuart Hartshorne and Alice Key Montell
Object Number
1936.45
John Inch, a silversmith, watch-maker, and tavern proprietor who worked in Annapolis, made this punch bowl which is the oldest recorded piece of Maryland silver to survive. Evidence of a long sporting tradition, the bowl is inscribed as a trophy commemorating the first recorded formal horse race in Maryland. Dungannon, a high-mettled horse imported from England by Dr. George Steuart (1700-1784), won the three mile head-to-head contest.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 1936; from Sarah Steuart Hartshorne (1864-1935) and Alice Key Montell
A Gardener's Tale: The Eighteenth Century World of Annapolis Silversmith William Faris
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Warren, David B., "Southern Silver: An Exhibition of Silver made in the South prior to 1860" Houston, Texas: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1968, cat. # G-11-B, ill.
Jane Wilson McWilliams, "Annapolis: City on the Severn: A History." Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univeristy Press, p.58, ill.
Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough, "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 33, ill.
Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds, "Silver in Maryland", Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1983. p.131, ill.
Pleasants, J. Hall, and Howard Sill. Maryland Silversmiths 1715-1830. Baltimore: Lord Baltimore Press, 1930. Pl. Frontispiece.
"Nineteenth Annual Conference", Baltimore: The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, 2013, ill.
Baltimore Museum of Art. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
Inscribed: Inscribed: "Annapolis Subscription Plate 4 May 1743"
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