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Child's Porringer

(1716/17–1785)
1740–70
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Dimensions3.7 x 15.9 cm (1 7/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of the Estate of Miss Grace W. Treadwell
Accession number1970.404
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
Inscriptions"IQ / to / HQ"
ProvenanceJosiah Quincy to his daughter-in-law Hannah, wife of Samuel Quincy, or to their daughter Hannah (1763-1839), m. Aaron Hill (1758-1830), Harvard 1776. 1970, bequest of Miss Grace W. Treadwell to the MFA.
William Homes, Sr.
about 1763
William Homes, Sr.
about 1750
Caster
William Homes, Sr.
1750–70
William Homes, Sr.
about 1762
William Homes, Jr.
1740–60
Group shot: 10.88, 13.430, 13.566
William Homes, Jr.
about 1768
William Homes, Jr.
about 1810
William Homes, Jr.
about 1810
Baptismal basin
William Cowell, Sr.
1716
Cup
William Cowell, Sr.
probably 1718
Cann
William Cowell, Sr.
1730–35
Pepper box
William Cowell, Sr.
1725–36