Porringer

Josiah Danforth, American, 1803 - 1872

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1803-1872 or 1840-1845

Pewter

Overall: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)

Rim: 5 1/16 in. (12.8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Katharine T. and Merrill G. Beede, Class of 1929

M.991.39.12

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Food Service

Research Area

Decorative Arts

Not on view

Inscriptions

Marked, on handle: J.DANFORTH / MIDD. CT [in circle, surrounding eagle (Laughlin #394)]

Exhibition History

American Pewter, Virginia Museum, Virginia, April 27-June 6, 1976, no. 48.

Publication History

Frederick R. Brandt, American Pewter, Virginia Museum, 1976, p. 29, no. 48.

Provenance

Merrill G. and Katharine T. Beede, Falls Church, Virginia; given to present collection, 1991.

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