Porringer
Knight Leverett, American, 1702 - 1753
about 1745
Silver
Overall: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
Rim: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchase made possible through the generosity of Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924
M.986.33
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 twice-on bottom of handle and inside of bowl, at center, in script: K Leverett [pellet between, in rectangle]; engraved on top side of handle: SDH [D superscript, with flourish below]
Exhibition History
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 1988.
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. 54.
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. 54.
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewlers, Hanover: University Press of New England, p. 655-657, 1998.
Provenance
Firestone and Parson, Inc., Jewelers. Purchased: 07/21/1986
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