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Porringer

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1800-1850

GUSN

GUSN-2150

Description

Half-pint round with decorative pierced handle and enameled interior.

Details

Descriptive Terms

porringers (dishes)
casting (process)
enameling
iron (metal)
cast iron
Iron
Enameled
PORRINGER

Inscription

Cast on bottom: ""Clark's Patent / 1/2 Pint"".

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Clark's Patent (Maker)

Location of Origin

USA

Dimensions

1 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 6 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.161

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