Porringer
John Coney, American, 1655/6 - 1722
about 1710
Silver
Rim: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Overall: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Samuel A. Lamson, Class of 1924, in memory of Judge Samuel Page Hadley AM, Class of 1886
M.962.62
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Marked at left of handle: IC [in shield crowned with coney below]; engraved on handle, at tip: LDL (?) [in monogram]; engraved on bottom of handle, in script: Oct. 22. / 1808
Exhibition History
American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 9-December 9, 2007.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 16-June 2, 1978.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 30-June 13, 1979.
Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 14-August 15, 1976.
New England Silver at Dartmouth College: A Tribute to Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 3-August 20, 1989, no. 17.
Publication History
Barbara J. MacAdam, New England Silver at Dartmouth College: A Tribute to Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1989, no. 17.
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewlers, Hanover: University Press of New England, p. 315-327, 1998.
Provenance
In continuous possession of Lamson family since original purchase; Samuel A. Lamson, Class of 1924, in memory of Judge Samuel Page Hadley AM, Class of 1886.
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