Taster Porringer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1788 - 1830
notes: label: Description
content: Diminutive basin-bowl porringer with square rim and shallow bossed bottom; cast, modified crown-type handle with tongued or linguiform bracket is pierced with 3 voids and struck once on top with partial oval touchmark of a fleur-de-lis between the raised serif letters "RL" for Richard Lee Sr. or Jr. Oval linen mark. Turning marks on underside of boss.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New England
label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts
label: place made
content: United States: New Hampshire
label: place made
content: United States: Vermont, Springfield
label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Beverly
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: Bequest of Dr. Joseph H. Kler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0027.48
label: accession number
content: 1986.0027
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0027.48
objectType: label: Object Name
content: porringer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in; 1.905 cm x 8.255 cm x 6.0325 cm