Porringer
Porringer
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- Description
- Spot-hammered bowl with wide, folded and angled rim, rounded flaring sides, and flat fishtail or shield-shape handle pierced with four slots; engraved on front of bowl "ELIZABETH REARDON / JANUARY 1 - 1919" in serif letters. Underside of flat bottom struck with four incuse marks, the Gorham trademark (lion passant facing right in clipped-corner square, anchor in shield, and gothic or Old English "G" in clipped-corner square) to left of "STERLING" in sans serif letters, "2531A" in serif letters, and scimitar date mark.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- porringer
- date made
- 1917
- date engraved
- 1919-01-01
- maker
- Gorham Manufacturing Company
- place made
- United States: Rhode Island, Providence
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 15.875 cm x 10.795 cm
- ID Number
- 1992.0071.01
- catalog number
- 1992.0071.01
- accession number
- 1992.0071
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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