Title: Porringer
Object type: Porringer
Date: 1760–80
Culture: American
Artist:  Benjamin Burt 
Artist bio: American, Boston, Massachusetts 1729–1805 Boston, Massachusetts
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall: 2 x 8 in. (5.1 x 20.3 cm); 7 oz. 5 dwt. (225.1 g)
Lip: Diam. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Body: Diam. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
Credit line: Bequest of Alphonso T. Clearwater, 1933
Geography: Made in Boston Massachusetts  United States New England     
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY