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Porringer

about 1810
Object Place: Probaby Boston, Massachusetts

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions 4.4 x 20.7 cm (1 3/4 x 8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop Sargent
Accession Number18.659
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware

DescriptionPorringer of standard form with applied keyhole handle, and center point, engraved on top of handle.
Marks Apparently unmarked.
InscriptionsEngraved with Sargent crest (dolphin) and initials HWS for Henry Winthrop Sargent, born in 1810.
ProvenanceOriginally lent as a bpatismal porringer, this object was probably made at the time of the birth and baptism in 1810 of Henry Winthrop Sargent, son of the artist Henry Sargent; by descent in the family; 1917, lent by Mrs. Winthrop Sargent, May 1, 1917; 1918, Gift of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop Sargent (Accession Date December 6, 1918)