Porringers are also used less and less, as a bowl will suffice for most people; porringers, however, are still circulated, mainly as a Christening-gift.
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Porringers are also used less and less, as a bowl will suffice for most people; porringers, however, are still circulated, mainly as a Christening-gift.
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Porringers were also made out of red earthenware clay in a type of pottery that is called " redware " today but called " earthen " during colonial and Early America.
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One can discern authentic pewter porringers in much the same way that silver can be authenticated from the touch marks that were stamped either into the bowl of the porringer or on its base.
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One can discern authentic pewter porringers in much the same way that silver can be authenticated from the touch marks that were stamped either into the bowl of the porringer or on its base.
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Colonial porringers tended to have one handle, whereas European ones tend to have two handles on opposite sides, on which the owner's initials were sometimes engraved, and they occasionally came with a lid.
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Up in Hillsborough Centre, N . H ., Jonathan Gibson, following in the steps of his father, Raymond, spins pre-Revolutionary to Civil War-style pewter plates, tankards, mugs, bowls, candlesticks, chalices and porringers.
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While he muses on the four problems ( returning the porringer; freeing Ginger from his honourable obligation to Florence; helping Dahlia extract Tuppy's due from Runkle; and reconciling Madeline to Spode to avoid marrying her himself ), Jeeves takes matters in hand.
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The execution of the carving was coarse and careless during the time of the first Lord Burleigh offered her a " porringer of white porselyn garnished with gold . " The first use of the famous Dutch tiles is thought to belong to the reign of Charles I.
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Also among the party is L . P . Runkle, a financier and collector, who has visited Brinkley to attempt to sell a valuable silver porringer to Tom Travers ( who, sensibly, has fled the premises on hearing of the invasion from Totliegh Towers ).
