Porringer
John Edwards
(American, about 1671–1746)
1700–10
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsOverall: 4 × 15.2 × 10.2 cm (1 9/16 × 6 × 4 in.)
Other (Overall): 10.2cm (4in.)
Other (Overall): 10.2cm (4in.)
Credit LineGift of Guy Warren Walker, Jr.
Accession number64.1600
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
ProvenanceBy tradition, originally owned by Benjamin and Priscilla Collins of Lynn, MA and descended in the family; 1946, sold by Collins descendents to Mrs. Dorothy Draper Hamlen; purchased from Hamlen by Guy Warren Walker; 1964, given by Walker to the MFA. (Accession date: September 23, 1964)
