Globular punchbowl showing track of James Cook's first voyage on HMS Endeavour, probably commissioned by Joseph Banks, 1772, on stand, 1781

Engraved silver punchbowl designed as a hollow terrestrial globe, with a lid that opens at the Tropic of Capricorn. Lid is topped by a figure of a reclining Atlas. Globe is righted so that the Southern Hemisphere is uppermost and is engraved with a map showing the discoveries and route of James Cook's 1st voyage in the Endeavour (1769-1771). The punchbowl is supported by a tripod stand manufactured at a later date in 1781, with an inner ring.

Globular punchbowl showing track of James Cook's first voyage on HMS Endeavour, probably commissione...

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