Porringer
According to a letter received from the donor, the earliest initials engraved on the underside of this porringer belong to Thomas Clap, the Rector and President of Yale, 1740–1765. The next initials are those of his daughter, Temperance Clap. The following pairs of initials are those of her daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter, Mary Ann Bissell, who married Willard Parker. The porringer descended to their youngest daughter, Margaret Stimson, who in turn gave it to the donor. The dates inscribed on the underside of the porringer are probably birth dates.
Artwork Details
- Title: Porringer
- Maker: Jacob Hurd (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1702/3–1758 Boston, Massachusetts)
- Date: ca. 1740
- Geography: Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Silver
- Dimensions: Overall: 1 13/16 x 8 1/8 in. (4.6 x 20.6 cm); 8 oz. 14 dwt. (270.1 g)
Lip: Diam. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Body: Diam. 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm) - Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, in memory of Robert Gordon Butler, godson of Robert Gordon, a founder of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1953
- Object Number: 53.195
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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