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Black and White photograph of 6 piece “Resurrection Communion” silver for Washington Cathedral. Signatures of “Franklin Porter” and “Helen Louise Borden Porter” under photograph; Black painted wood frame, glass, and matboard.

Porter devoted himself to silversmithing only at the age of 55 in 1924. By 1935, he completed over 7000 pieces. He was known as the “Paul Revere of the Twentieth Century”.