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Porringer
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About this work
Diminutive basin-bowl porringer with narrow horizontal rim and flat bottom incised once around center inside; partial cast flower-type handle with tongued or linguiform bracket is pierced with 2 voids and has a raised foliate motif on top featuring an undulating stem with two leaves. Small sink hole from tinker's dam used to burn handle on to bowl. Faint turning marks on bottom underside.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePorringer. 1770 - 1820. National Museum of American History, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood. CC0.
