National Museum of American History
Porringer
1770 - ca 1830
Bellied-bowl porringer with angled rim and bossed bottom incised once around gutter on inside and underside; cast four-hearts-and-crescent handle with triangular bracket. No touchmarks. Possible indistinct linen mark and sink hole from tinker's dam used to burn handle on to bowl. Faint turning marks on underside of boss.
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