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)
mid-15th century
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Early 19th century
late 18th century
early 18th century
late 15th century (?)
mid-14th–mid-15th century
second half of 14th–first third of 15th century
late 15th–early 16th century
mid-13th century
Late 19th century (before 1890)