A RARE AMERICAN SILVER PORRINGER BY ELPHALET LORING, SR., BARNSTABLE, CAPE COD, MASS., CIRCA 1765

Typical form with deep bowl, the keyhole handle with original inscription "M.R. to R.W.", marked on the back of the handle "E.Loring" in script. Diameter 5 3/8" Weight: 8oz 10dwt. Note: Elphalet Loring, Sr., is an exceptionally rare maker who only worked for seven years. Patricia Kane, author of "Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths" records only two canns in the Congregational Church of Barnstable, Mass., and this porringer.