The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Porringer

Date:: 1726–50
Geography:: New England, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Culture:: American
Medium:: Silver
Dimensions:: Overall: 1 11/16 x 7 7/16 in. (4.3 x 18.9 cm); 7 oz. 3 dwt. (222.7 g) Body: Diam. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm) Lip: Diam. 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm)
Classification:: Silver
Credit Line:: Bequest of Alphonso T. Clearwater, 1933
Accession Number:: 33.120.342

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 774

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: marked inside bowl: [crown] / S [pellet] E / [fleur-de-lis] (in shaped surround) marked on underside of handle: [illegible]
Provenance

Possibly Mary Whipple Holyoke; her granddaughter, Mary Holyoke Pearson; her husband, Reverend Ephraim Abbot; his son, George E. H. Abbot; Potter & Stainforth, Boston, MA; purchased 1911, Alphonso T. Clearwater; bequest to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1933.
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Who
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What
Metal (59,587)

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Porringers (108)
Where
North and Central America (83,069)

United States (79,768)

Massachusetts (1,048)

Boston (443)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,646)
In the Museum
American Decorative Arts (11,825)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
American Silver Vessels for Wine, Beer, and Punch

The United States, 1600–1800 A.D.