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Reference: S11546
Period: George II
Year: 1738
Silversmith: Benjamin West
Place: London
Price: $ 1 100.00
Weight: 244 grams
Dimensions: 10.5 cm height, 10 cm diameter
Condition: Fair to good, but has some old repairs. Both handles have been re-attached (solder marks visible on the interior but not the exterior). Solder is also visible on the interior of cartouche, so probably replaced when it changes families. Dents to exterior.
Description: An early Georgian silver porringer, of generous size, with an engraved family crest of a "Portcullis Chained", for the Porter and Beaufort Somerset families. The porringer is the traditional shape, with a bulbous bowl shape (later examples became straight sided), with plain scroll handles with a thumb piece for improved grip. The porringer is decorated with curved lobes and flutes on the lower body, and has a scale and acanthus cartouche, with the engraved portcullis. A very similar porringer can be seen in the book "Price Guide to Antique Silver" by Peter Waldron, figure 529, page 170, who describes it as a popular design in the times of William & Mary to Queen Anne (1689-1713). The base has 4 hallmarks, lion passant which is clear, crowned leopard's head with slight wear, date letter C with slight wear for 1738, and makers mark BW in oval punch for Benjamin West, who was freed in 1733 and worked until 1750, although he only used this particular punch 1737-1738. The portcullis chained crest appears in Fairbairns book of crests (1905), described as Porter family of Tremato Castle, Cornwall, but other sources show it was also used by the Beaufort Somerset Family, notably the Tudor family, and later Dukes of Beaufort, and Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort. Please note our condition description, the porringer has old repairs to handles and cartouche, and also has small dents to base and lobes, and base of cartouche.
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Silver porringer solder repair to interior of handle
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Benjamin West London 1738 silver hallmarks
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