Punch bowls [ Food & Drink ]
… Abstract Punch bowls were made from a range of materials and contained a drink that was accessible to a range of social ranks. These bowls were associated with a particular mode of convivial sociability. A richly symbolic object, the … to taste and cost. The price of punch varied, but evidence suggests this was a mid-range drink accessible to a range of social ranks, including those in the middling and elite ranks who might be associated with wine and those in the lower …
Alcohol | Celebration | Conviviality | Drinking | Masculinity | Ritual | Tableware
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