Maker
John Tanner (American, 1713–1785)American, 1713–1785
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Porringer
Datec. 1734–1785
Made inNewport, Rhode Island, United States
MediumSilver
Dimensions1 7/8 × 5 7/16 × 8 in. (4.8 × 13.8 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.69.107
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Metals Study Room
On view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
Technical notes: See B.69.101.
Related examples: Buhler and Hood 1970, vol. 1, pp. 284–85, no. 474; an unpublished porringer at MMA (acc. no. 33.120.359).
Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.
Provenance[Robert Ensko, New York, 1953]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1953; given to MFAH, 1969.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Engraved on handle: WC[C superscript]M
On back of handle and left of handle: mark of John Tanner [Buhler and Hood 1970, vol. I, p. 331, nos. 474–75]
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