Porringer, ca. 1720-1730

Mark:
I.P, capitals with a raised pellet between, two pellets in each corner and one pellet contained in a lobe in the center of the bottom, placed in the center of the domed center and on the back of the handle. <br/>
Engraved:
A. C., IIR <br/>
Exhibited:
Newton College of the Sacred Heart; Newton, Massachusetts; March 10, 1963; no. 118. Salve Regina College; Newport, Rhode Island; May 17, 1964; no. 118. <br/>
Dimensions:
H. 1 13/16" D. 5 1/4" L. 7 7/8" 7.9 ozt. <br/> The crown-shaped, pierced handle is a pattern associated, with slight variations, with John Edwards, William Cowell, and William Jones (Gebelein, May 12, 1960). Another almost identical cast handle by John Potwine can be viewed on page 639, figure 540, volume II, of Kathryn C. Buhler's American Silver 1655-1825 in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. On top of the handle engraved in roman capitals is A.C. with prior traces of the engraving IIR slightly remaining. The I stands for the Jenckes family of Rhode Island (Gebelein, May 12, 1960).