Porringer
Artist: Samuel Vernon (American, 1683-1737)
Date: about 1705
Dimensions:
H: 2 in. (5.1 cm); Diam (bowl at lip): 5 1/8 in. (13.0 cm)
Medium: Silver
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Barber
Object number: 1984.22
Label Text:A peculiarly American form, the one-handled shallow cup known as a porringer was used to hold many types of soft food, including porridge, from which the name derives. The pierced scrollwork handle of this cup by Newport, Rhode Island silversmith Samuel Vernon is engraved with the initials O over I[J] E, for John and Elizabeth Odlin. Reverend John Odlin was pastor of the Church of Exeter, New Hampshire, from 1706 to 1754. Inscribed on the bottom of the bowl is Sarah Odlin; likely the name of the Odlins’ daughter, the birth of whom probably provided the occasion for the commissioning of this fine silver vessel.
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