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Porringer
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About this work
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. No linen mark. Faint turning marks on underside of boss. Heavily oxidized; overall dark color with dull, leaden appearance.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePorringer. before 1825. National Museum of American History, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood. CC0.
