An American Silver Porringer, Samuel Vernon, Newport, RI, circa 1730

bombé circular with double-arch keyhold handle, the handle ingraved with contemporary block initials A/IA, marked center of bowl and underside of handle SV a fleur-de-lys below in heart

Dwight T. Blaney, Boston MA, sold Walter I. Nichols, Auctioneer, Early American Antiques and Works of Art from the Estate of Dwight T. Blaney, Boston, MA, 12-15 June 1945, lot 496
Jess Pavey, Birmingham, MI
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Henry Meyer, Bloomfield Hills, MI, sold Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Henry Meyer, 20 January 1996, lot 25

dent to side near base but not through, both marks clear, good condition
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