Porringer
Samuel Bartlett, American, 1752 - 1821, Joseph Loring, American, 1743 - 1815
about 1780
Silver
Diameter: 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)
Length: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of M. Elaine Teftt and the late Stanton E. Teftt
2013.61
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Classification
Decorative Arts
On view
Inscription
Engraved on handle: L /IM / 1765 [later addition]; marked under handle: S. BARTLETT in rectangle]/ JL [in cursive, in rectangle]
Exhibition History
The Rococco Style in New England Silver, The Harrington Silver Case, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 17, 2014.
American Art, Colonial to Modern, Israel Sack Gallery and Rush Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-August 16, 2020.
Publication History
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Silversmiths and Jewelers (New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1998), 181, 670.
Provenance
Harriette G. Miller of Whimsey Antiques, Arlington, VT, by 1967 (her advertisement illustrating the porringer appeared in the August 1967 issue of Antiques Magazine, p. 139); possibly Stephen Ensko (New York dealer, 1897–1969); possibly sold to his frequent customer Marjorie Doyle Rockwell, Loudonville, New York (1910–1995), until 1995; sold at Northeast Auctions, Manchester, N.H., “Important New Hampshire Auction : The Collection of Marjorie Doyle Rockwell, Loudonville, New York,” lot 429 (color illus.), November 5, 1995, to M. Elaine Tefft and Stanton E. Tefft (d. 2003); given to present collection, 2013.
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