Liscum Bowl

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Liscum Bowl

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A report on the Liscum Bowl in a 1920 issue of ''The Jewelers' Circular'' journal described it as such: "The [[Repoussé and chasing|chasing and repoussé]] work in intertwined dragons, the same forming the four handles on the outside of the big bowl, on the immense heavy ladle, which holds nearly a pint, are said to be excellent examples of the best work of this kind in Japan."{{cite news|title=Artistic Punch Bowl Set Valued at $40,000, on Exhibition in San Antonio, Texas, Jewelry Store|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j2McAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA77|access-date=25 November 2016|work=The Jewelers' Circular|publisher=Jewelers' Circular Company|date=27 October 1920|language=en}}
A report on the Liscum Bowl in a 1920 issue of ''The Jewelers' Circular'' journal described it as such: "The [[Repoussé and chasing|chasing and repoussé]] work in intertwined dragons, the same forming the four handles on the outside of the big bowl, on the immense heavy ladle, which holds nearly a pint, are said to be excellent examples of the best work of this kind in Japan."{{cite news|title=Artistic Punch Bowl Set Valued at $40,000, on Exhibition in San Antonio, Texas, Jewelry Store|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j2McAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA77|access-date=25 November 2016|work=The Jewelers' Circular|publisher=Jewelers' Circular Company|date=27 October 1920|language=en}}


The bowl is engraved with the name of Colonel Liscum and the date of his death, which established a tradition. The silver cups bear the engraved names of all officers who served with the Regiment in Asia between 1900 and the Korean War.
The bowl is engraved with the name of Colonel Liscum and the date of his death, which established a tradition. The silver cups bear the engraved names of all officers who served with the Regiment in Asia between 1900 and the [[Korean War]].


==History==
==History==
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The set was completed on 2 November 1902. It first went on display in the window of Arthur & Bond Company, and the ladle was stolen. Part of the ladle was quickly recovered from the thief, who had managed to break off part of it and sell it. He was sentenced to seven years in prison.{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Fred Radford|title=History of the Ninth U.S. Infantry, 1799-1909|date=1909|publisher=R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company|page=840|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H_4sAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA840|access-date=25 November 2016|language=en}} It was repaired and the set was sent to the United States, transported by a U.S. cruiser via the [[Suez Canal]] and finally presented to the regiment at [[Madison Barracks]], New York, in April 1903.
The set was completed on 2 November 1902. It first went on display in the window of Arthur & Bond Company, and the ladle was stolen. Part of the ladle was quickly recovered from the thief, who had managed to break off part of it and sell it. He was sentenced to seven years in prison.{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Fred Radford|title=History of the Ninth U.S. Infantry, 1799-1909|date=1909|publisher=R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company|page=840|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H_4sAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA840|access-date=25 November 2016|language=en}} It was repaired and the set was sent to the United States, transported by a U.S. cruiser via the [[Suez Canal]] and finally presented to the regiment at [[Madison Barracks]], New York, in April 1903.


Over the years, the Liscum Bowl traveled with the regiment and went on display for many years. It was stored in a vault at a San Antonio bank during World War I and World War II.{{cite news |last1=Rutledge |first1=Jack |date=25 October 1945 |title=Famed Liscum Bowl Brought to Camp Swift |work=The Victoria Advocate |agency=Associated Press |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19451025&id=kgNkAAAAIBAJ&pg=4949,3197831 |access-date=25 November 2016}}
Over the years, the Liscum Bowl traveled with the regiment and went on display for many years. It was stored in a vault at a San Antonio bank during [[World War I]] and World War II.{{cite news |last1=Rutledge |first1=Jack |date=25 October 1945 |title=Famed Liscum Bowl Brought to Camp Swift |work=The Victoria Advocate |agency=Associated Press |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19451025&id=kgNkAAAAIBAJ&pg=4949,3197831 |access-date=25 November 2016}}


In 2003, it underwent much needed restoration work at Creative Metalworks in Maryland, which described its condition: "One hundred years after its creation, the bowl was in dire need of restoration: dented, crushed and battered, full of lead solder from poorly executed prior repairs, and missing talons and other segments of the ornate dragons."{{cite web|title=Current Projects: The Liscum Bowl|url=http://www.creativemetalworks.com/p332.html|publisher=Creative Metalworks|access-date=25 November 2016}}
In 2003, it underwent much needed restoration work at Creative Metalworks in Maryland, which described its condition: "One hundred years after its creation, the bowl was in dire need of restoration: dented, crushed and battered, full of lead solder from poorly executed prior repairs, and missing talons and other segments of the ornate dragons."{{cite web|title=Current Projects: The Liscum Bowl|url=http://www.creativemetalworks.com/p332.html|publisher=Creative Metalworks|access-date=25 November 2016}}
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