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 viewClassificationsSilver 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.
