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Porringer
Porringer

Porringer

William Simpkins (American, 1704–1780)
about 1740–50
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Dimensions5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Misses Catherine Langdon Rogers and Clara Bates Rogers
Accession number14.897
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
ProvenanceEdward Langdon (1698-1766), tallow chandler, m. Susanna Wadsworth December 2, 1718; his son Edward (d. 1755), m. Mary Parkman, 1752; descended in the family to the donors.
Cann
William Simpkins
1740–50
Bowl
William Simpkins
about 1736 or about 1744
William Homes, Sr.
about 1763
Baptismal basin
William Cowell, Sr.
1716
Cup
William Cowell, Sr.
probably 1718
Cann
William Cowell, Sr.
1730–35
Porringer
William Breed
about 1750
William Homes, Sr.
about 1750
Cann
William Swan
About 1755–60
Creampot
William Swan
about 1755
Cup
William Swan
about 1755