Summer 2017

2017 Antiques & Fine Art 135 Fig. 10 : Punch bowl, Liverpool, England, 1760–1770. Tin glazed earthenware. H. 3½, W. 8¾ in. Museum of the American Revolution. foreshadow this contribution. One discovery during excavation was a tin glazed earthenware punch bowl, made in England (Fig. 10). The punch bowl is decorated with a ship and the words “Success to the Triphena.” The Triphena , a merchant ship, sailed between Liverpool, England, and Philadelphia in the 1760s. In November 1765, it carried a notice from Philadelphia merchants asking their British counterparts to support the repeal of the hated Stamp Act. The bowl summons up images of the people who drank in the taverns that once operated on the site of the museum, and of the discussions they had in the early days of the American Revolution. Finding the bowl was a remarkable discovery for the museum and for the history of Philadelphia. The American Revolution does not have a single conclusion. Rather, it is an on-going experiment in self-government. The Museum of the American Revolution invites visitors to discover the diversity of the founding of the United States and the nation’s material inheritance.  Matthew Skic is assistant curator at the Museum of the American Revolution and a 2016 graduate of the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture. Museum of the American Revolution 101 South Third Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 Hours: Daily, 10am–5pm (Summer, 9:30am–6pm) For membership, tickets, and information, visit www.amrevmuseum.org