Porringer
- Title:
- Silver Porringer
- Object Name:
- Porringer
- Creator:
- Emery, Stephen
- Date:
- 1776
- Material:
- Silver
- Dimensions:
- H-4.75 L-21 Dia-7 inches
- Description:
- Silver porringer with one scrolled handle. Stamped into the handle are the initials "JTGD". Handle is elaborately scrolled and pierced with the knob at the end and attached to the porringer at the rim. Maker's mark is stamped into the bottom of the handle and reads "S.Emery". Bowl of porringer is a circle that extends out in the middle rim. Probably hand made as hammering dents are visible throughout inside.
- Provenance:
- Porringers were used to hold porridge or meat. They were often given as gifts at people's weddings or at the birth or christening of a child. This porringer was made by Stephen Emery who was a well known silver smith during the late 1700s in America, mainly serving the people of Boston. This silver porringer was most likely a wedding gift to John Taylor Gilman and Deborah Folsom, who married in 1775.
- People:
- Gilman, John Taylor, Folsom, Deborah
- Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Collection Name:
- Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire
- Item Number:
- 1990.001
- Accession Number:
- 1990.001
- Type of Material:
- Objects
- Copyright Statement:
- For information regarding copyright, permissions, and reproductions contact the American Independence Museum
- Credit Line:
- American Independence Museum
- Participating Organization:
- American Independence Museum
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