Porringer Maker: Myer Myers (American, 1723–1795)

ca. 1765

American Decorative Arts

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

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

2 in. (5.1 cm)
other: 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm)
other (Handle): 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.1103

Geography

Made in New York, New York

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography

  • David L. Barquist, Myer Myers: Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2001), 132–33, no. 46, ill.
  • 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. 105, no. 661, ill.
  • Exhibition of Works in Silver and Gold by Myer Myers: A Checklist of Objects Exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, exh. cat. (Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1954), no. 58.
  • Jeanette W. Rosenbaum, Myer Myers, Goldsmith, 1723–1795 (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1954), 115.
  • John Marshall Phillips, "Additions to the Garvan Collection of Silver," Bulletin of the Associates in Fine Arts at Yale University 8, no. 1 (June 1937): 9–11, ill.

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

porringers

Marks

"Myers" in small conforming punch inside bowl

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