Porringer
Thomas Cory
1685–86 · Silver · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
With hard currency in short supply, American colonists invested large sums in silver plate. However, since British trade laws stipulated that colonists could only buy silver in a finished form, colonial silversmiths often had to melt down imported silver objects to gain access to the metal.
- Artist
- Thomas Cory
- Date
- 1685–86
- Medium
- Silver
- Culture
- British, London
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1968
