Porringer
Object Details
- Edwards, John
- Description
- Bowl-shaped porringer with bulging sides, a narrower, slightly angled rim, and boss bottom with flat gutter; cast handle is pierced in a keyhole pattern with 13 voids and engraved on front "O / T L" in shaded serif letters facing out. Struck once on bottom inside "IE" with crown above and crude fleur-de-lis below, all in a shield. Centerpoint on bottom underside. Old red-bordered paper museum label on bottom underside. No weight engraved.
- Maker is John Edwards (1671-1746) of Boston, MA; father of Samuel and Thomas Edwards and grandfather of Joseph Edwards, Jr., all silversmiths.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Estate of Arthur Michael
- ca 1725
- ca 1700
- ID Number
- DL.383508
- catalog number
- 383508
- accession number
- 162866
- Object Name
- porringer
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/4 in x 8 1/8 in x 5 5/8 in; 5.715 cm x 20.6375 cm x 14.2875 cm
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1326323
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-2d69-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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