Funnel
- Object Name:
- Funnel
- Object ID:
- 1957.065.04.170
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- 1750-1800
- Description:
- Funnel, pewter. Wide bowl with attached narrow, hollow stem. Several bands of incised decorative lines. Stem has bulbous ring at top. Bowl has folded-over lip. Loop attached to exterior of bowl, with pewter ring inserted.
- Material:
- Metal
Pewter - Dimensions:
- H-7 Dia-5.25 inches
- Provenance:
- One of the items from the Prentis Collection -- given by Katherine Prentis Murphy and her brother Edmund Astley Prentis, in memory of Katherine's husband, David Edward Murphy -- which formed the contents of a suite of early New England "period rooms," meant to represent the home of a prosperous New England merchant c.1730. The rooms were exhibited at the New Hampshire Historical Society (30 Park St.), 1957-1983; this item was exhibited in the kitchen. A 1965 note from Katherine Prentis Murphy states, "next year 1966 I will give you the pewter collection...;" perhaps this piece was part of that collection.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy and Edmund Astley Prentis Jr., in Memory of David Edward Murphy
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