A FINE SILVER PORRINGER

Details

A FINE SILVER PORRINGER
MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL REVERE II, BOSTON, 1781

Circular with slightly flaring rim and pierced keyhole handle, engraved on handle with monogram WMB, the front engraved James Breck Perkins From his Grandfather, marked under base and on back of handle with Buhler mark b, also struck with French import mark--8 1/8in. long
( oz.)

Provenance

William Breck of Boston (b. May 11, 1745; d. 1819) m. Margaret Thomas of Plymouth July 11, 1771
James Breck of Boston (b. May 8, 1780; d. 1871) m. Martha Burr (b. July 1794) of Croydon, N.H., November 7, 1811.
Margaret Ann Breck (daughter of last) m. Hamlet H. Perkins (son of Roger Eliot Perkins) of Hopkinton, N.H.
James Breck Perkins (son of last) m. Mary Martindale (daughter of Gen'l John H.) 1874
Mabel Webb (neice of James Breck Perkins) m. Frank Albert Edmands of Wellesley, Massachusetts
Lawrence Edmonds (son of last) m. Dorothy D. Matthew
thence by descent

Lot Essay

This porringer is one of a pair ordered by William Breck and described in Paul Revere's Daybook for April, 1781, v. I, p. 61. The monogram is that of William and Margaret Breck.

[photo caption:] Paul Revere's description of his charges for the present porringer and William Breck's payment on April 6, 1781 (Revere, Daybook, v. I, p. 61)