Porringer

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Collection Type

Decorative arts

Date

1680-1750

GUSN

GUSN-2388

Description

Wooden porringer with carved round bowl and wide flat raked handle. Light weight; from one piece of wood. Dark wood.

Details

Descriptive Terms

porringers (dishes)
carving (processes)
wood (plant material)
Wood
Carved
Porringer

Inscription

Handwritten on paper label at bottom underside: Atkins

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3 3/4 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.409

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