Porringer
Ed. Peacock
Category
Silver
Date
1711
Materials
silver
Measurements
110 mm (H)9 oz t (Weight)
Place of origin
London
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246828
Summary
A Queen Anne porringer, straight- sided with everted lip, the lower part repousse with spiral lobing, engraved with later armorials within a scale cartouche below a cable girdle with scroll handles.
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
Pe in gothic letters (?Ed Peacock)
Makers and roles
Ed. Peacock, maker