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Porringer

Date1793-1801

Artist/Maker Edgar, Curtis & Co.

OriginEngland, Bristol

MediumPewter

DimensionsOH: 1 7/16"; OL: 6 1/4"; Diam (rim): 4 3/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1950-902

DescriptionPorringer, wide circular bowl of squat proportion with slightly-everted straight-sided rim on short convex body with flat base domed in center; cast openwork handle soldered to body below rim at an angle slightly above horizontal.
Label TextThis porringer is marked with Edgar, Curtis & Co.'s larger touch mark, which Ian D. Robinson has pointed out often appears on their export wares with New England histories.
InscribedNone
MarkingsTouch mark the standing figure of Neptune holding a trident in his right hand and the tail of a dolphin in his left hand framed, in part, with "EDGAR CURTIS & Co " within a circle on upper face of handle (Peal MPM 1508).
ProvenanceVendor: Dr. Percy E. Raymond, Lexington, Massachusetts.