Lot Essay
The initials OHECP engraved on this porringer are those of Oliver Hazard and Elizabeth Champlin Perry. Below their initials is the date Oct. 30th, 1813, the day of the Battle of Lake Erie.
Details
A SILVER PORRINGER OF HISTORICAL INTEREST
MAKER'S MARK OF JACOB HURD, BOSTON, 1740-1758
Circular, the pierced keyhole handle engraved with original initials DA husk between, and also with script intials SM to, continuing on front OHECP above the later date Oct 30th-1813, marked--7 3/4in. long
(8 oz.)
MAKER'S MARK OF JACOB HURD, BOSTON, 1740-1758
Circular, the pierced keyhole handle engraved with original initials DA husk between, and also with script intials SM to, continuing on front OHECP above the later date Oct 30th-1813, marked--7 3/4in. long
(8 oz.)
Provenance
Daniel Ayrault, merchant, of Newport, Rhode Island.
Susan Mason, great grandaughter of above.
Elizabeth Champlin Mason Perry, niece of above, and wife of Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819), hero of the Battle of Lake Erie.
Susan Mason, great grandaughter of above.
Elizabeth Champlin Mason Perry, niece of above, and wife of Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819), hero of the Battle of Lake Erie.
Literature
James Biddle, American Art from American Collections, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1963, fig. 101, p. 53.
Exhibited
Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Art from American Collections, 1963.