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Coronet Handle Porringer

Dateca.1800-1830

Maker Samuel Green (possibly)

OriginAmerica, Massachusetts, Boston

MediumPewter

DimensionsOverall: 7 7/8”; Diameter at rim: 5 7/16"; Height: 1 15/16"

Credit LineGift of Scott and Debra Duncan

Object number2022-174

DescriptionPewter porringer with a handle centered on a ducal coronet over a plain circle, surrounded by foliage and embellished by eleven apertures. Its bellied bowl has an everted rim and a raised boss surrounded by a recess at the bottom. Incised lines encircle the foot and the recess of the bowl. The handle, supported by a triangular bracket, was cast directly onto the vessel, leaving a tell-tale linen mark on the inside of the bowl.
Label TextFirst produced in England around 1715, "coronet" handle porringers were made shortly thereafter in America, where they remained popular until the second quarter of the 19th century. This was especially true in Boston, where they were available in four different sizes. This example has a crisply cast handle, and was cast from a mold that had been in use for quite some time. A firm attribution for these porringers is elusive, since Samuel Green had a son, also a pewterer, with the same name.
Markings"S G," in retrograde, cast into the back of the handle.