Description
PEWTER PORRINGER, ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT PORTER, PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1780.
Attribution is based on dimensional and design simularities of marked examples. Having a tab handle pierced with hole for hanging. Height 2 ½ inches, diameter 5 ⅜ inches.
Provenance: John Carl Thomas, Hanover, Connecticut.
Literature: For discussion of the maker, see Ledlie Irwin Laughlin...