A SILVER PORRINGER

MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL MINOTT AND WILLIAM SIMPKINS, BOSTON, CIRCA 1765

Details

A SILVER PORRINGER
Maker's mark of Samuel Minott and William Simpkins, Boston, circa 1765
Of typical form, the keyhole handle engraved with IP to HC, marked on back of handle
8in. long over handle; 7oz. 10dwt.
Minott, Samuel and William Simpkins

Lot Essay

In Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, Patricia Kane records a porringer with marks of both William Simpkins and Samuel Minott and the engraved initials IP to PC which is owned by the Rosenbach Foundation (1998, p. 694 and 897). The similar engraving suggests that these porringers were originally a pair. Kane speculates that since Minott's mark is found on several pieces of his contemporaries' silver, he probably retailed silver made by other smiths.