Covered porringer Maker: John Brevoort (American, active ca. 1742 - 1764)

ca. 1745

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
other (bowl): 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm)
other (Handle): 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.1179a-b

Geography

Made in New York, New York

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Containers

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Bibliography
  • Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver in the Yale University Art Gallery, 2 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1970), vol. 2, p. 84, no. 639, ill
  • John Marshall Phillips, Early American Silver Selected from the Mabel Garvan Collection, Yale University (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1960), no. 18, ill
  • Kathryn C. Buhler, Colonial Silversmiths, Masters and Apprentices, exh. cat. (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1956), 75, no. 177
  • Exhibition of Early American Paintings, Miniatures, and Silver, assembled by Washington Loan Exhibition Committee, exh. cat. (Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1925), 8, no. 21
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

porringers

Marks

"IBV" in oval on back of handle and on bottom of bowl

Inscriptions

"HR" engraved later on handle

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