Porringer

Description:

Bowl-shaped porringer with bulging sides, angled rim, and boss bottom with flat gutter; cast handle is pierced in a keyhole pattern with 11 voids and engraved on front "G / I*M" in shaded serif letters facing out. Struck once on back of handle "J.Clarke" in raised script in a rounded rectangle. Tiny centerpoint on bottom inside and underside. No weight engraved.

Maker is Jonathan Clarke (1706-1766); working in Newport, RI, 1734-1755, and Providence, RI, 1755-1766.

Date Made: 1730-1766

Maker: Clarke, Jonathan

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Rhode Island, Rhode Island, NewportUnited States: Rhode Island, Providence

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Estate of Arthur Michael

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.383491Catalog Number: 383491Accession Number: 162866

Object Name: porringer

Physical Description: silver (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1 3/4 in x 7 5/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 4.445 cm x 19.3675 cm x 13.335 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-09b4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1328779

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