Porringer
F. S.
Category
Silver
Date
1683
Materials
silver
Measurements
130 mm (H)20.2 oz t (Weight)
Place of origin
London
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246827
Summary
A Charles II porringer, large, the plain body straight- sided, with everted rim and cast scroll handles, and moulded foot, engraved later with armorials in a shell and leafage cartouche.
Provenance
Date of acquisition not recorded, but originally at 16 Charles Street, Mayfair, Mrs Greville's London home, and bequeathed by Margaret McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville (1863-1942) with Polesden Lacey, to the National Trust, in memory of her father, William McEwan (1827-1913) in 1942. This item found on the probate inventory record for Charles Street chattels at Polesden Lacey, silver, page 50.
Marks and inscriptions
F.S.
Makers and roles
F. S., maker