AN AMERICAN SILVER PORRINGER

AN AMERICAN SILVER PORRINGER
MARK OF JOHANNIS NYS, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1720
The pierced keyhole handle engraved with block initials M*G, the body later engraved with monograms documenting the line of decent, marked on underside
7 3⁄4 in. (19.6 cm.) long, over handle
8 oz. 10 dwt. (264 gr.)

Provenance
Mary Gateaux (1689 - 1783) m. Joshua Maddox (1687 - 1759), to their daughter,
Mary Maddox (1732 - 1784) m. John Wallace (1717 - 1783), to their son,
Joshua Maddox Wallace (1752 - 1819) m. Tace Bradford (1750 - 1828), to their daughter,
Susan Bradford Wallace (1790 - 1869) m. Mark Wilks Collet (1788 - 1840), to their daughter,
Laura Susan Collet (1829 - 1896), to her nephew,
John Mortimer Barclay (b. 1848), to his sister,
Laura Christina Barclay (1851 - 1874) m. Shippen Wallace (1850 - 1911), to their grandson-in-law,
Arthur Knowlton Peck (1905 - 1990) m. Christiana Wallace Crane (1900 - 1973), thence by decent,
Property of a Direct Descendant of the Original Owners; Sotheby's, New York, 21-22 January 2000, lot 107.