Measure, Dry
- Object Name:
- Measure, Dry
- Object ID:
- 1957.065.01.43.4
- Place of Origin:
- Europe or United States
- Date:
- 1850-1925
- Description:
- Dry Measure, in porringer form. Pewter. Flat base with projecting center. Center projection is 5/8" diam. Concentric circles in projection and rest of base. Bowl has flaring sides with slightly out-turned and flattened rim. Handle is approximately triangular in shape. It is pierced and molded. It has a molded floral design with branches and foliage. Triangular tab projecting from bottom of handle where it attaches to bowl. Small lined mark present on bowl interior. Tip of handle has surplus of pewter (probably from an excess of molten lead in the mold).
- Material:
- Metal
Pewter - Dimensions:
- H-0.75 L-3.125 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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