"PRUDENT PUNCHBOWL" WINE DISPENSER.
Manufactured ca. 1918. ________________________ p> Several hundred of these ornate barrels were produced in the US between 1915 and 1920, when production was halted due to the introduction of Prohibition. Given the scarcity of wine during that period, the barrels thereafter held what came to be known as "Prudent Punch", a concoction consisting of any alcohol members could obtain, mixed together with ingredients such as cut fruit, lime juice and ginger beer.