Porringer
Object Details
- Description
- Bellied-bowl porringer with angled rim and slightly domed bottom having a small circle stamped at center inside; cast four-hearts-and-crescent handle with triangular bracket. No touchmarks. Small sections of linen mark faintly visible. Gutter and boss are well defined with crisp turning marks on bottom underside.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. H. B. (Clara Babcock) Blackmar
- 1800 - 1825
- ID Number
- DL.59.2231
- catalog number
- 59.2231
- accession number
- 220211
- Object Name
- porringer
- Physical Description
- pewter (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 7/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 4 3/8 in; 4.7625 cm x 16.51 cm x 11.1125 cm
- place made
- United States: New England
- place used
- United States: Rhode Island, Ashaway
- United States: Massachusetts, Norwood
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Food
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_300578
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-6e18-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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