Live Auction 19907Important Americana
AN AMERICAN SILVER PORRINGER
Lot 295

AN AMERICAN SILVER PORRINGER

MARK OF WILLIAM COWELL JR., BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1750

Closed21 January 2022

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AN AMERICAN SILVER PORRINGER
MARK OF WILLIAM COWELL JR., BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1750
The pierced keyhole handle engraved with block initials C / I*K, marked on inside base (Kane mark A), and underside of handle (Kane mark B)
7 3⁄4 in. (19.6 cm.) long, over handle
7 oz. 6 dwt. (227 gr.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 19 September 1981, lot 92.

Specialist note

An identical porringer by Cowell Jr. also engraved with block initials C / I*K is in the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington D.C. (Acc. No. 162866).