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Porringer

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1850-1890

GUSN

GUSN-45191

Description

Small pewter porringer with convex well and heart and crescent handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

porringers (dishes)
pewter (tin alloy)
pewter (tin alloy)
tin (metal)
Porringer

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United Kingdom

Dimensions

1 x 4 3/4 (HxW), 3 1/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Bridge

Accession Number

1950.446

Places

Winchester (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Scotland (United Kingdom) [country]

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