Porringer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1725
label: date made
content: ca 1700
name: label: maker
content: Edwards, John
notes: label: Description
content: Bowl-shaped porringer with bulging sides, a narrower, slightly angled rim, and boss bottom with flat gutter; cast handle is pierced in a keyhole pattern with 13 voids and engraved on front "O / T L" in shaded serif letters facing out. Struck once on bottom inside "IE" with crown above and crude fleur-de-lis below, all in a shield. Centerpoint on bottom underside. Old red-bordered paper museum label on bottom underside. No weight engraved.
label: Description
content: Maker is John Edwards (1671-1746) of Boston, MA; father of Samuel and Thomas Edwards and grandfather of Joseph Edwards, Jr., all silversmiths.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Arthur Michael
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.383508
label: catalog number
content: 383508
label: accession number
content: 162866
objectType: label: Object Name
content: porringer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 8 1/8 in x 5 5/8 in; 5.715 cm x 20.6375 cm x 14.2875 cm