A silver-gilt and ivory ladle with a bowl formed as a large nautilus shell, with engraved and matted surface, the whorl rising to a coral branch encrusted with small shells; the ivory shaft is slightly curved and formed in two sections joined by a silver-gilt foliage spray. The handle terminates in a rococo cartouche incorporating the Prince of Wales's feathers.

The Grand Punch Bowl was originally created as a wine cooler. For the christening of Prince Albert Edward (Edward VII) at Windsor Castle in 1843, Queen Victoria converted the cooler into a punch bowl with the addition of this ladle of suitably large dimensions.