Bowl-shaped porringer with bulging sides, angled rim, and boss bottom with flat gutter; cast handle is pierced in a keyhole pattern with 11 voids and engraved on front "G / I*M" in shaded serif letters facing out. Struck once on back of handle "J.Clarke" in raised script in a rounded rectangle. Tiny centerpoint on bottom inside and underside. No weight engraved.
Maker is Jonathan Clarke (1706-1766); working in Newport, RI, 1734-1755, and Providence, RI, 1755-1766.
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