Porringer

Description:

Bellied-bowl porringer with angled rim and bossed bottom; cast flower-type handle with tongued or linguiform bracket is pierced with 13 voids and struck once on top with partial circular eagle-with-anchor-in-shield touchmark of Samuel Hamlin, Jr. featuring "HAMLIN" in an arched banner above and "PROVIDEN[C]E" below. Linguiform linen mark. Faint, fine turning marks inside bottom; those on underside very crisp. Scratched "A. J. Congdon" in script on bowl below bracket and on underside in gutter.

Date Made: 1801 - 1856

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Rhode Island, ProvidencePlace Used: United States: Rhode Island

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Food, Domestic Furnishings

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.61.0016Catalog Number: 61.0016Accession Number: 229736

Object Name: porringer

Physical Description: pewter (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1 7/8 in x 7 7/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 4.7625 cm x 20.0025 cm x 13.335 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746af-a6d6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_300575

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