TRUXTUN BOWL REPLICA

The Truxtun Bowl Replica from the Naval Historical Foundation. The Truxtun Bowl is a Chinese porcelain punch bowl made for Captain Thomas Truxtun in 1794.

Truxtun was appointed one of six captains to oversee the building of the United States Navy’s first frigates. He asked naval constructor, Josiah Fox, for a drawing of a 44-gun frigate.

Truxtun commissioned two punch bowls featuring Fox’s drawing. One of these is in the U.S. Navy Museum at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. The other bowl, presented to President George Washington, is at Washington’s home in Mount Vernon.