Porringer
- Object Name:
- Porringer
- Object ID:
- 1957.065.01.38.1
- Place of Origin:
- Europe or United States
- Date:
- 1850-1925
- Description:
- Porringer. Pewter. Turned pewter bowl with triangular-shaped handle. Bottom of bowl is flat with the center projecting up. Projection is 2.4" in diameter. Concentric lines in the area. Incised decorative line close to base. Bowl has a bulbous shape with slightly flaring rim. Handle is molded and pierced with a shield in the center and scrolls all around. Handle is applied. Linen mark visible on interior. Polished interior and exterior of bowl.
- Material:
- Metal
Pewter - Dimensions:
- H-1.875 L-7.375 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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