Porringer

Peter Van Dyck American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 704

Early New York porringer handles often display the lacy pierced patterning seen here, an elaborate symmetrical design that incorporates cross and heart motifs at the tip. Peter Van Dyck made several similar examples, but porringers with this handle style were also produced by other New York makers. Through his marriage in 1711 to Rachel Le Roux, Van Dyck was related to the Le Roux family of French Huguenot silversmiths, and he counted among his patrons some of colonial New York’s wealthiest and most prominent citizens, such as the Livingstons and Schuylers. Unfortunately the original owner of this porringer is unknown.

Porringer, Peter Van Dyck (1684–1750), Silver, American

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Porringer, Peter Van Dyck (1684–1750), Silver, American
Porringer, Peter Van Dyck (1684–1750), Silver, American
Porringer, Peter Van Dyck (1684–1750), Silver, American
Porringer, Peter Van Dyck (1684–1750), Silver, American

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