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Porringer
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Bellied-bowl porringer with angled rim and bossed bottom incised once around gutter on inside and underside; cast four-hearts-and-crescent handle with triangular bracket. No touchmarks. Possible indistinct linen mark and sink hole from tinker's dam used to burn handle on to bowl. Faint turning marks on underside of boss.
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Credit linePorringer. 1770 - ca 1830. National Museum of American History, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood. CC0.
