Lot Essay
A porringer by Peter Oliver with a handle of nearly identical pattern is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, illustrated in Kathryn Buhler, American Silver, 1972, fig. 97, p. 122.
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A RARE SILVER PORRINGER
MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM COWELL, SR, BOSTON, CIRCA 1710
Circular, with pierced geometric tab handle engraved with initials TS over H, marked--6 1/4in. long
MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM COWELL, SR, BOSTON, CIRCA 1710
Circular, with pierced geometric tab handle engraved with initials TS over H, marked--6 1/4in. long