• Title
  Globular punchbowl showing track of James Cook's first voyage on HMS Endeavour, probably commissioned by Joseph Banks, 1772, on stand, 1781
• Creator
  Valentine Anscheutz & Co.
  John Robins
• Call number
  SAFE/LR 122
  Status: On display - Map Rooms
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1772, 1781
• Type of material
  Objects
• Reference code
  9650519
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 punchbowl - silver
  1 stand - silver
  
• Collection history
  The punchbowl was probably commissioned by Joseph Banks prior to July 1772, in anticipation of his participation in James Cook’s Second Voyage on HMS Resolution. Banks possibly sold the punchbowl in 1778 to the Royal Society Club, a dining club of which he was a member. In 1784 when it was decided to reduce the frequency of club meetings a decision to sell the punchbowl was noted, though its actual sale was not recorded. Its history past this decision is unknown. Punchbowl with Rare Art (London) Ltd., The London Silver Vaults, undated receipt late 20th-century. In June 2019, the punchbowl and stand was sold by Freeman's (Sale 1636, The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer, Lot 31, June 19, 2019, Freeman's, Philadelphia PA). Reference: Daniel Crouch Rare Books catalogue, Library correspondence file
• Scope and Content
  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.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Variant title
  
  Title devised by Daniel Crouch Rare Books - The Endeavour Globe.
  In 2019, the punchbowl was sold at auction by Freeman's with the description 'A rare George III sterling silver globe on stand, 'The Captain Cook Globe''.
• General note
  
  The map engraved on the punchbowl is largely based on information shown in William Whitchurch’s ‘Chart of part of the South Sea’, 1773. This was the first published map to include all of the discoveries of Cook’s Pacific and Australian voyage on one sheet when it appeared in Hawkesworth’s official account of the voyage, ‘An account of the voyages undertaken ... in the southern hemisphere...’, London, W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1773.
  
  Reference:
  Daniel Crouch Rare Books catalogue, Library correspndence file
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Stand hallmarked and dated 'I.R' (mark of John Robins) and 'f' (1781). Also stamped with a lion and leopard's head.
• Attributions / conjectures
  
  The punchbowl does not bear a hallmark. Attributed to Valentine Anscheutz by vendor on basis of a receipt in the Banks Papers held in the Mitchell Library, dated July 3d. 1772, which states 'Received of Mr Banks...from Mr Zoffani is in full for a globular silver punchbowl Val Anscheutz & Co'.
  
  It is uncertain what role Anscheutz played in the manufacture and decoration of the punchbowl. His will, dated 1796, records him as a 'Clock Case and Cabinet Maker of Saint Giles in the Fields , Middlesex'. A surviving coin balance dating from the same period as the punchbowl, made in partnership with John Schlaff, shows his involvement in the manufacture of instruments. It appears unlikely that he would have possessed the silversmithing techniques to manufacture the globe, but may have been responsible for the engraving of the map decorating it.
  
  Reference
  Series 06.092: Receipt issued to Banks and Johann Zoffany by Val Anscheutz & Co., for silverware, 3 July 1772 (Mitchell Library call no. SAFE/Banks Papers/Series 06.092)
  Library correspondence file
• Subject
  Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
  Cook, James, 1728-1779--Travel.
  Oceania--Discovery and exploration.
  Pacific Area--Discovery and exploration.
  Punch bowls.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE18491728

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