Benjamin Burt
Porringer

Porringer

Public Domain

Porringer
MakerAmerican, 1729–1805
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Porringer
Datec. 1768–1788
Made inBoston, Massachusetts, United States
MediumSilver
Dimensions2 × 5 1/4 × 5 11/16 in. (5.1 × 13.3 × 14.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.56.33
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Kilroy Center
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

Benjamin Burt was the youngest son of John Burt, and the third to follow in his father’s footsteps, a common practice during the colonial period. A comparison of this porringer with another example from John Burt’s shop (see B.69.94) reveals slight variations in the casting patterns.

Related examples:  Benjamin Burt porringers in museum collections include Buhler and Hood 1970, vol. 1, pp. 165–67, nos. 212–14; Buhler 1972, vol. 1, p. 347, no. 306; Davidson and Stillinger 1985, p. 215; Johnston 1994, p. 13.

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.


ProvenanceProbably Elizabeth Fellows (Mrs. David Watts Bradley, 1768–1791, m. 1788), Boston; [James Graham and Sons, New York, 1956]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1956; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Engraved on handle: Elizh[h in superscript].Fellows
On base: 17"3"12, 1730 [probably the scratch weight]
On handle: mark of Benjamin Burt [Buhler and Hood 1970, vol. I, p. 323, nos. 219, 220]

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