Porringer
John Potwine, American, 1699 - 1792
about 1725
Silver
Overall: 8 × 1 7/8 in. (20.3 × 4.8 cm)
Rim: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924
M.986.5.5
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 inside of bowl at center, and on bottom of handle: IP [pellet between, plus four above and one below, in shield-shaped cartouche]; engraved on handle: AC [flourish, five dots in nearly circular pattern, between] [over traces of original initials: IIR ?]
Exhibition History
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. 60.
Newton College of the Sacred Heart, Newton, Massachusetts, March 10, 1963, no. 118.
Salve Regina College, Newport, Rhode Island, May 17, 1964, no. 118.
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. 60.
The Cornelius C. Moore Collection of Early American Silver, Providence, Rhode Island, New York: Sotheby's, January 31, 1986, no.99.
American Silver 1670-1830: The Cornelius C. Moore Collection at Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island: Providence College, 1980, ill. p. 92-93, no. 108.
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewlers, Hanover: University Press of New England, p. 780-782, 1998.
Provenance
Ex Collectors: J. Herbert Gebelein until 1960, Sotheby's until 01/1986, Firestone and Parson, Inc., Jewelers 01/1986- 02/1986
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