Lot Essay
An identical porringer by Cowell Jr. also engraved with block initials C / I*K is in the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington D.C. (Acc. No. 162866).
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MARK OF WILLIAM COWELL JR., BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1750
Details
AN AMERICAN SILVER PORRINGER
MARK OF WILLIAM COWELL JR., BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1750
The pierced keyhole handle engraved with block initials C / I*K, marked on inside base (Kane mark A), and underside of handle (Kane mark B)
7 3⁄4 in. (19.6 cm.) long, over handle
7 oz. 6 dwt. (227 gr.)
MARK OF WILLIAM COWELL JR., BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1750
The pierced keyhole handle engraved with block initials C / I*K, marked on inside base (Kane mark A), and underside of handle (Kane mark B)
7 3⁄4 in. (19.6 cm.) long, over handle
7 oz. 6 dwt. (227 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 19 September 1981, lot 92.
Literature
The pair:
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, New Haven, 1998, 347.
Decorative Arts Photographic Collection, The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware, 68.2309.
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, New Haven, 1998, 347.
Decorative Arts Photographic Collection, The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware, 68.2309.