Porringer
- Object Name:
- Porringer
- Object ID:
- 1978.008.06
- Creator:
- Lee, Richard Jr.
Pewterer ; Lee, Richard Sr. - Place of Origin:
- Springfield, VT (possibly)
- Date:
- 1788-1820
- Description:
- Porringer. Made by Richard Lee, Springfield, VT. Pewter; small bowl with a beaded edge. Single cast handle with three piercing and molded dot and arrow design. Bowl is hammered. Slightly rounded bottom with slightly impressed circular channel.
- Material:
- Metal
Pewter - Dimensions:
- H-0.75 W-4.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a group of household articles with a long history of ownership in the Page and Martin families of Dunbarton, Bradford and Warner, N.H. This item is referred to in donor's will as "the small pewter porringer by Richard Lee". Richard Lee Sr. (1747-1823) and Jr. (1775-) were both pewterers, in Massachusetts and Vermont.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Mary F. Martin
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