Punch bowl

John East

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This bowl, engraved with the De Peyster arms, was probably made for Abraham de Peyster (1657–1728) of New York. De Peyster was mayor from 1691 to 1694 and held many other civil posts, including chief justice and treasurer of the province. The altar silver for Saint Andrews church in Staten Island and for Christ Church in Rye was also made by John East.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art