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Porringer-cover or strainer
18th century
Object Place: Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
2.8 x 19.8 x 13.9 cm (1 1/8 x 7 13/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs Franklin H. Williams in memory of Louise Bodine Wallace
Accession Number1984.516
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
Inscriptions"JAE" in script on cover
Provenance"E * F" may stand for Elizabeth (Vergoose) Fleet (____-1694) the wife of Thomas Fleet (____-____) , or their daughter-in-law Elizabeth (Cazneau) Fleet (____-____), who married their son, John (____-____), as the donors also gave a porringer by David Jesse (1984.515) with this information.
From other family gifts, the following history has been used:
"According to family history, the Samuel Burt teapot, David Jesse porringer, a London-made creampot, a cup by Nathan Hobbs, and a small cann by Harris Stanwood and company were acquired at different dates and passed along the matrilineal line in the following manner: To their daughter, Mary Fleet (____-___), wife of Ephraim Eliot, M.D. (____-____), the son of Rev. Andrew Eliot D.D. and Elizabeth Langdon; to their daughter, Mary Fleet Eliot and her husband, Ezekiel Lincoln of Hingham, Massachusestts, to their daughter Helen Frances Lincoln (____-____) the wife of Rev. Charles Williams Duane; to their daughter Louise Duane (____-___), wife of Bodine Wallace; to her daughter, Emily Wallace, in 1947 who donated the teapot in 1985 with her husband, Franklin H. Williams."
From other family gifts, the following history has been used:
"According to family history, the Samuel Burt teapot, David Jesse porringer, a London-made creampot, a cup by Nathan Hobbs, and a small cann by Harris Stanwood and company were acquired at different dates and passed along the matrilineal line in the following manner: To their daughter, Mary Fleet (____-___), wife of Ephraim Eliot, M.D. (____-____), the son of Rev. Andrew Eliot D.D. and Elizabeth Langdon; to their daughter, Mary Fleet Eliot and her husband, Ezekiel Lincoln of Hingham, Massachusestts, to their daughter Helen Frances Lincoln (____-____) the wife of Rev. Charles Williams Duane; to their daughter Louise Duane (____-___), wife of Bodine Wallace; to her daughter, Emily Wallace, in 1947 who donated the teapot in 1985 with her husband, Franklin H. Williams."