silver - porringers
porringer. A small bowl or cup with or without a lid and a single or pair of flat handles, set horizontally, and traditionally was a bowl from which children were fed. The term is derived from the French 'potager', a vessel for pottage or stew. Porringers were made throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, in silver, pewter and delftware, and revived in the late 19th century. In America the term is used to describe a shallow, one-handled dish used for blood-letting.
6 item(s) found:
Silver Christening Ensemble by William Edwards and others, comprising a chased and floral embossed footed christening mug, a porringer bowl with grapevine handles and floral engraving, both initialled NLS together with an associated engraved knife and fork
A George I silver two handled porringer, maker's mark Rubbed, London 1718, the tapered body with a scale and acanthus cartouche with later monogram, flanked by fluted scroll handles 317gms, 9.5 cm high
A silver two-handled porringer, signed Kerrs Sydney, circa 1920, of simple form with thumb ring handles 216gms, 7.5 cm high
George II provincial silver porringer, mark of John Langlands, Newcastle 1759, hallmarks good, weight 125 grams. Height 8 cm. Diameter 9.2 cm (cup)
A James II silver porringer, maker T.S in monogram below coronet, London, 1684, of cylindrical form with recessed foot and slightly flared lip, the sides engraved with Chinoiserie figures, exotic birds and foliage, double scroll handles, raised on shallow
Early American sterling silver porringer. Scrollwork frieze to outside & handle engraved with forest bower of rabbit, bird & fruit. Crest at front monogrammed. Diameter 13.5 cm length 18 cm