Porringer
- Object Name:
- Porringer
- Object ID:
- 1957.065.01.41
- Place of Origin:
- England (probably)
- Date:
- 1700-1800
- Description:
- Porringer. Pewter. Shallow bowl with applied handle. Bowl has flat bottom with the center projecting up. Center projection is 2 1/8" in diameter. Bowl is slightly bulbous with slightly flaring rim. Appears to be hammered construction. Handle is triangular and pierced with a shield or goblet shape in the middle and scroll work all along the edge. Triangular-shaped tab on handle where it attaches to bowl. Linen mark present on bowl interior.
- Material:
- Metal
Pewter - Dimensions:
- H-1.75 L-7.125 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. 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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