Round shallow saucepan; slanted rim with circular incised lines on outside; flat base; applied flat triangular keyhole-like pierced handle with floral scrollwork.
porringers (dishes)
incising
pewter (tin alloy)
piercing
tin (metal)
floral patterns
scrolls (motifs)
Pewter
Floral
Scroll
Pierced
Incised
PORRINGER
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
4.625 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1308
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