ID 1122083
Lot 377 | AN AMERICAN SILVER PORRINGER
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 5 000
MARK OF SAMUEL VERNON, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1730
The pierced keyhole handle engraved with block initials EM, the underside also later engraved with foliate initials EM, marked on underside SV with a cross below in a heart
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) long, over handle
8 oz. 2 dwt. (252 gr.)
Provenance
For a member of the Malbone Family, possibly Evan Malbone (c. 1718-1784), thence by decent through the family.
With Englewood Antiques Corp., Englewood, New Jersey, by 1966.
Acquired from the above by Cornelius C. Moore (1885-1970).
The Cornelius C. Moore Collection of Early American Silver; Sotheby's, New York, 21 January 1986, lot 6.
Literature
Anne Spokas, American Silver 1670-1830: The Cornelius C. Moore Collection at Providence College, Providence, 1980, item 4, p. 47.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Category: | Soup bowls |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Category: | Soup bowls |
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