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Pap boat

Date1780-1810

OriginEngland

MediumPewter

DimensionsOL: 5 3/8"; OW: 2 3/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1984-277

DescriptionPewter pap boat: oval body with rounded base, slightly sloping side, and an everted pouring lip at one end
Label TextPap boats were useful vessels for feeding and administering medicine to the very young and the infirm. Early examples are vastly more common in silver than in pewter. Most pewter pap boats date to the first half of the twentieth century.
MarkingsIndistinct touch mark incorporating, in part, "T?Co " within a shaped oblong reserve within body in center. Secondary mark a quality "X" with crown above touch mark.
ProvenanceVendor: Price Glover Inc., New York, NY