Bowl-shaped porringer with bulging sides, angled rim, and boss bottom with flat gutter; cast handle is pierced in a geometric pattern with 16 voids and engraved on front "B / D+E" in shaded serif letters facing in. Front of bowl is engraved with a crest on wreath depicting a right (dexter) arm cuffed holding a dagger or sword erect proper with a laurel wreath suspended from its tip; the gothic or Old English letters "H M\c K" are below. Struck once on bottom inside and below rim exterior to left of handle "W•P" in raised serif letters over a fleur-de-lis in a heart surround. Tiny centerpoint on bottom inside.
Maker is William Pollard (1690-1740); born and worked in Boston, MA, until moving to Charleston, SC, sometime before 1738.
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