Porringer
Josiah Danforth, American, 1803 - 1872
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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