Porringer
date: label: date made
content: late 18th or early 19th century
label: date made
content: 1780 - 1820
notes: label: Description
content: Bellied-bowl porringer with angled rim and bossed bottom; cast flower-type handle with T-shaped or linguiform bracket is pierced with 13 voids. Large script initials "RB" engraved on bottom underside. No touchmarks. Diamond or lozenge linen mark with sink hole from tinker's dam used to burn handle on to bowl. Turning marks on underside of boss.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Bristol
label: place used
content: United States: Rhode Island
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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.388319
label: catalog number
content: 388319
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: porringer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 7 3/4 in x 5 3/8 in; 4.7625 cm x 19.685 cm x 13.6525 cm