18th Century Material Culture

Porringers
 Shell
Porringers
Tortoise Shell Porringer
c. 1670 - 1800
(Winterthur)
 English
Lead Glazed
Earthenware Porringers
English Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Porringer from Surrey
c. 1580 - 1650
(Victoria & Albert)
English Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Porringer From Surrey / Hampshire
c. 1551 - 1700
(Museum of London)
English Lead Glazed Interior Porringer from Surrey / Hampshire
c. 1551 - 1700
(Museum of London)
English Lead Glazed Interior Porringer from Surrey / Hampshire
c. 1551 - 1700
(Museum of London)
English Lead Glazed Interior Porringer
c. 1601 - 1650
(Museum of London)
English Lead Glazed Interior Porringer
c. 1601 - 1650
(Museum of London)
English Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Porringer from London
c. 1580 - 1800
(Museum of London)
English Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Porringer from Surrey / Hampshire
c. 1550 - 1700
(Museum of London)
English Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Porringer from Surrey / Hampshire
c. 1650 - 1750
(Museum of London)
English Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Porringer from Surrey / Hampshire
c. 1650 - 1750
(Museum of London)
English Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Porringer from Surrey / Hampshire
c. 1650 - 1750
(Museum of London)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware Porringer from Surrey / Hampshire
c. 1650 - 1750
(Museum of London)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware Porringer from Surrey / Hampshire
c. 1650 - 1750
(Museum of London)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware Porringer from
Harlow / Essex c. 1580 - 1700
(Museum of London)
 English Lead Glazed Interior Earthenware Porringers from North Devon
One of Many Shipment Damaged Wares Found in the Drainage Ditch of William May of Jamestown, Virginia c. 1670 - 1680
(National Park Service, Colonial National Historical Park, Chipstone Foundation, Photo Gavin Ashworth)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Porringer from Staffordshire
Late 17th - Early 18th Century
(Stoke-On-Trent)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Porringer from North Staffordshire
c. 1720 - 1730
(Stoke-On-Trent)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Porringer from North Staffordshire
c. 1720 - 1730
(Stoke-On-Trent)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Porringer from North Staffordshire
Late 17th to Early 18th Century
(Stoke-On-Trent)
Lead Glazed Earthenware Porringer from Staffordshire or Yorktown, England
c. 1765 - 1775
(Victoria & Albert)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware Porringrer
Possibly Rothwell c. 1770
(Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge Inc.)
 American
Lead Glazed
Earthenware Porringers
American “Dedication” Lead Glazed Earthenware Porringer and (English?) Tin Glazed Earthenware Drinking Vessel
Buried against the Base of the 1720 Kiln in Yorktown, Virginia
(Ceramics in America)
American Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Porringer from Charlestown, Massachusetts
Found in the Privy of the Three Cranes Tavern, Charlestown. Burned by the British June 17, 1775
Possibly by Parker - Harris of Charlestown Mid 18th Century
(City of Boston Archeology Program)
American Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Porringer from Charlestown, Massachusetts
Found in the Privy of the Three Cranes Tavern, Charlestown. Burned by the British June 17, 1775
Possibly by Parker - Harris of Charlestown Mid 18th Century
(City of Boston Archeology Program)
American Lead Glazed Earthenware Porringer from Virginia
byHenry Pierce of Alexandria, Virginia c. 1792 - 1796
(Chipstone)
 American Black Lead Glazed Earthenware Porringer Attributed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Recovered from a c. 1735 - 1755 Brick Lined Privy at 236 Church Street in Philadelphia. Thought to be Locally Made
(American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas / Photo Courtesy Chris Rowell)
American Lead Glazed Earthenware Porringer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
c. 1769
(National Park Service, Independence National Historical Park)
 American Black Lead Glazed Earthenware Porringer Attributed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Recovered from a c. 1740 - 1780 Privy at 232 Race Street in Philadelphia and Thought to be Locally Made
(American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas / Photo Courtesy Chris Rowell)
 German
Lead Glazed
Earthenware Porringers
German Werra Ware Lead Glazed Earthenware Porringer Typical to Those Found in Virginia
17th Century
(Robert Hunter)
 English
Tin Glazed
Earthenware Porringers
English Tin Glazed EarthenwarePolychrome Porringer
London c. 1680 - 1710
(Chipstone Foundation)
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Polychrome Porringer
London c. 1700
(Christie’s Auction House)
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Porringer
London 1673
(Christie’s Auction House)
English Two Handled Tin Glazed Earthenware Porringer
Late 17th - Early 18th Century
(Christie’s Auction House)
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Porringer - “Mary Miller”
London or Bristol 1727
(Christie’s Auction House)
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Porringer
1731
(Christie’s Auction House)
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Porringer
Norfolk House Pottery c. 1780 - 1700
(Victoria & Albert)
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Porringer from the Warren Family
London c. 1680 - 1700
(Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts)
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Porringer from the Warren Family
London c. 1680 - 1700
(Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts)
 Dutch
Tin Glazed
Earthenware Porringers
 The Lacemaker
by Nicolaes Maes (Dutch, Dordrecht 1634–1693 Amsterdam) c. 1656
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Dutch Tin Glazed Earthenware Porringer
c. 1740 - 1750
(Van Nie Antiquairs)
Dutch Tin Glazed Earthenware Porringer
c. 1740 - 1750
(Van Nie Antiquairs)
Dutch Tin Glazed Earthenware Delft Porringer with Cherub Handles
18th Century
(Private Collection)
Dutch Tin Glazed Earthenware Delft Porringer with Cherub Handles
18th Century
(Private Collection)
Dutch Tin Glazed Earthenware Delft Porringer with Cherub Handles
18th Century
(Private Collection)
 English
Porcelain
Porringers
English Porcelain Porringer with Cover
by the Bow Porcelain Factory c. 1755
(Victoria & Albert)
Chinese Export
Porcelain
Porringers
 Chinese Porcelain Porringer
c. 1730 - 1740
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Double Handled
Silver Porringers
 English Silver Porringer
Probably by George Manjoy of London c. 1684 - 1685
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 English Silver Porringer
by William Flemming of London c. 1703 - 1704
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 English Silver Porringer
by P.H. of London c. 1690 = 1691
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 English Silver Porringer
by I.H. of London c. 1694 - 1695
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 English Silver Porringer
by Thomas Waterhouse of London c. 1702 - 1703
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
American
Silver
Porringers
 American Silver Porringer
by John Allen of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1700
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 American Silver Porringer
by Pygan Adams of New London, Connecticut c. 1735
(Winterthur)
 American Silver Porringer
by Josiah Austin of Charlestown, Massachusetts c. 1750 - 1776
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 American Silver Porringer
by Adrian Bancker of New York, New York c. 1750 - 1750
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 American Silver Porringer
by John Brevoort of New York, New York c. 1738
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 American Silver Porringer
by Benjamin Burt of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1775
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
 American Silver Porringer
by John Burt of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1730 - 1745
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
 American Silver Porringer
by Jeremiah Dummer of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1645 - 1718
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
 American Silver Porringer
by Jeremiah Dummer of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1670 - 1718
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
 American Silver Porringer
by John Edwards of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1671 - 1746
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
 American Silver Porringer
by John Edwards of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1671 - 1746
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
 American Silver Porringer with Cover
by John Edwards of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1725 - 1745
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 American Silver Porringer with Cover
by Samuel Edwards of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1726 - 1750
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 American Silver Porringer
by Samuel Edwards of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1726 - 1750
(Skinner)
 American Silver Porringer
by Samuel Gray of New London, Connecticut or Boston, Massachusetts 1710 or 1711 - 1748
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
 American Silver Porringer
by Jacob Hurd of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1702 or 1703 - 1758
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
 American Silver Porringer with Cover
Marked INK or IVK, Likely from New York c. 1700 - 1720
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 American Silver Porringer
by William Jones of Marblehead, Massachusetts 1694 or c. 1695 - 1730
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
 American Silver Porringer
by William Jones of Marblehead, Massachusetts c. 1720 - 1730
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
 American Silver Porringer
by John Potwine of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1720 - 1730
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
 American Lidded Silver Porringer
by Paul Revere of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1773
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
 American Silver Porringer
by William Simpkins of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1740 - 1750
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
 American Silver Porringer
by Andrew Tyler of Boston, Massachusetts c. 1692 or 1693 - 1741
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
 American Silver Porringer with Cover
by Peter Van Dyck of New York, New York c. 1700 - 1725
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
American Silver Porringer with Cover
c. 1700
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 American Silver Porringer
c. 1750 - 1800
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
American
Pewter
Porringers
 American Pewter Porringer
by Frederick Bassett of NewYork, New York c. 1761 - 1799
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 American Pewter Porringer
by Frederick Bassett of NewYork, New York c. 1761 - 1799
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 American Pewter Porringer
by Frederick Bassett of NewYork, New York c. 1761 - 1799
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 American Pewter Porringer
by Joseph Belcher Sr. of Newport, Rhode Island c. 1769 - 1787
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 American Pewter Porringer
by John Danforth of Middletown, Connecticut (1741 - 1799)
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
English or American Pewter Porringer
c. 1710 - 1740
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 American Pewter Porringer
from Rhode Island c. 1700 - 1800
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 American Pewter Porringer
18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
 Glass
Porringers
German Forrest Glass Porringer
17th Century
(Museum Boijmens)
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