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Porringer

Object Name:
Porringer
Object ID:
1970.039.01
Creator:
Helme, Elizabeth
Place of Origin:
Center Ossipee, NH
Date:
1940
Description:
Porringer, redware. Green glaze, round, slightly convex sides, wheel marks on lower half, stubby, handle with tree trunk turnings. Unglazed bottom, with impressed "Helme." Concentric lines on reverse from wheel throwing process
Material:
Ceramic
Redware
Dimensions:
H-1.95 W-4.4 Dia-3.5 inches
Provenance:
Made by Elizabeth Helme (Mrs. Alwin Helme) in Center Ossipee, NH, using sand dug in Ossipee Mountains, c. 1940.
Credit Line:
Gift of Grace Pennock
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