Measure, Dry
- Object Name:
- Measure, Dry
- Object ID:
- 1957.065.01.43.2
- Place of Origin:
- Europe or United States
- Date:
- 1850-1925
- Description:
- Dry Measure, in the shape of a porringer. Pewter. Bowl with applied handle. Slightly rounded bottom with impressed center. Diameter center impression 7/8". Concentric rings in depression and base. Sides of bowl are slightly flaring with an out-turned flattened rim. Handle is pierced and molded and has a somewhat triangular shape with scrolled edges. Wedge-shaped projection at base of handle where it attaches to the bow. Small linen mark present on interior of bowl.
- Material:
- Metal
Pewter - Dimensions:
- H-0.75 L-3.5 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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