Lot Essay
A porringer with a similar pierced handle is illustrated in Dean F. Failey, Long Island is My Nation, 1998, p. 210, no. 244. Another Pelletreau porringer sold in these Rooms, January 27, 1996, lot 128.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A SILVER PORRINGER
MARK OF ELIAS PELLETREAU, SOUTHAMPTON, CIRCA 1770
Details
A SILVER PORRINGER
Mark of Elias Pelletreau, Southampton, circa 1770
Circular, with pierced three-hole handle, engraved W over I E, marked twice on shoulder
7½in. long; 7oz. 10dwt.
Mark of Elias Pelletreau, Southampton, circa 1770
Circular, with pierced three-hole handle, engraved W over I E, marked twice on shoulder
7½in. long; 7oz. 10dwt.