A sculptural punch bowl, ladle and matching cups show how silverplate became a centerpiece for celebration. This period engraving credits Middletown Plate Co.; it is an illustration published for the 1876 Centennial Exhibition, not a photograph.
Evidence, credit & reuse: Public-domain historical image reproduced from the linked source. Original caption and attribution retained; no historical detail has been reconstructed. Hosted by Silent Grounds Collective. SHA-256 of uploaded source: 7f6f7128426c89c1cbec5809846c96c718f2a14c003af04aca5ee6ecdbc80f3f.
Source: Souvenir of the Centennial Exhibition (1876), p. 108; public-domain illustration; digital reproduction credited to Design Meriden / art design café.
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Silent Grounds Collective, Middletown’s Silver Industries, SGC-103, PHOTO-middletown-punch, “A Middletown punch service at the Centennial.” Source: Souvenir of the Centennial Exhibition (1876), p. 108; public-domain illustration; digital reproduction credited to Design Meriden / art design café.. https://www.artdesigncafe.com/middletown-plate-company-design-catalogues. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-24.