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Porringer

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1800-1850

GUSN

GUSN-2470

Description

A pewter porringer with "flower" handle and narrow rim.

Details

Descriptive Terms

porringers (dishes)
casting (process)
pewter (tin alloy)
tin alloy
Pewter
Cast
PORRINGER

Inscription

Stamped on the handle is: RICHARD LEE .

Associated Building

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

Maker

Possibly Lee, Richard (Maker)

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.495

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