Title: Porringer
Object type: Porringer
Date: 1788
Culture: American
Artist:  David Melville 
Artist bio: 1755–1793
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Pewter
Dimensions: 2 x 8 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (5.1 x 20.6 x 14 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, in memory of her husband, 1940
Geography: Made in Newport Rhode Island  United States New England     
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY