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Object Timeline

1960

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2012

2025

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Double-Handled Porringer (Écuelle) Porringer, ca. 1725

This is a porringer. It was made by Johann Erhard Heuglin II. It is dated ca. 1725 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is silver, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Estate of James Hazen Hyde. It is credited Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (porringer and lid (a/b)): 6.8 × 19.9 × 12.9 cm (2 11/16 × 7 13/16 × 5 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

On underside of porringer: [1] "I E H" in a heart-shaped shield, impressed (maker’s mark) [2] A pineapple, with seven lobes, impressed (town mark, Augsburg) On the edge of lid: [1] "I E H" in a heart-shaped shield, impressed (maker’s mark) [2] A pineapple, with seven lobes, impressed (town mark, Augsburg)

Cite this object as

Double-Handled Porringer (Écuelle) Porringer, ca. 1725; Made by Johann Erhard Heuglin II (active 1717 - 1757); silver, gold; H x W x D (porringer and lid (a/b)): 6.8 × 19.9 × 12.9 cm (2 11/16 × 7 13/16 × 5 1/16 in.); Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde; 1960-1-18-a,b

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