Porringer
date: label: date made
content: 1770 - 1820
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New England
label: place used
content: United States: New England
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.388327
label: catalog number
content: 388327
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: porringer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 9.525 cm x 6.985 cm