Object Number 1979.0209

Object Name

Porringer

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Marshall P. Blankarn

Creator (Role)

Joseph Richardson Sr. (Maker)
9/17/1711-1784

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1733-1771

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; all on handle back; "IR" in rectangle, struck twice, and accompanied by a foliate sprig, struck twice
2. Inscription; On handle front; engraved initials "S/I\.H"
3. Inscription; outside of body opposite handle; engraved in script is the legend: "Joseph & Hannah Saunders. Married January 8.\t.\h/1740-41./A Legacy from Hannah Paul to Saunders Lewis 1854.".

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

1.969 (H) , 7.992 (L) , 5.63 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

5 (H) , 20.3 (L) , 14.3 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: p. 426, no. 441
[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on the maker and examples of marks, pp. 356-357.
[Book] Fales, Martha Gandy. 1974 Joseph Richardson and Family: Philadelphia Silversmiths.
• Information on the Richardson family of Philadelphia.