Porringer
Object type: Porringer
Department: The American Wing
Culture: American
Artist: Jacob Hurd
Artist bio: American, Boston, Massachusetts 1702/3–1758 Boston, Massachusetts
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: American
Date: ca. 1740
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall: 1 13/16 x 8 1/8 in. (4.6 x 20.6 cm); 8 oz. 14 dwt. (270.1 g)
Lip: Diam. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Body: Diam. 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm)
Geography: Made in Boston   United States  
Credit line: Anonymous Gift, in memory of Robert Gordon Butler, godson of Robert Gordon, a founder of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1953
Accession year: 1953