Porringer
- Description
- Bowl-shaped porringer with bulging sides, vertical rim, and boss bottom with flat gutter; cast handle is pierced in a keyhole pattern with 13 voids and engraved on front "P / T*E" in shaded serif letters facing in. Struck once on back of handle "T. COVERLY" in raised serif letters in a rectangle. Centerpoint on bottom inside and underside. Old red-bordered paper museum label on bottom underside. No weight engraved.
- Maker is Thomas Coverly (circa 1730-1800) of Newburyport, MA.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1760
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Newburyport
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 7/8 in x 8 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 4.7625 cm x 20.955 cm x 13.97 cm
- ID Number
- DL.383499
- catalog number
- 383499
- accession number
- 162866
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Arthur Michael
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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