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Attributed Gershom Jones Flower Handle Porringer, c. 1795
A fine example of a late eighteenth, early nineteenth century flower handle porringer attributed to Gershom Jones
of Providence Rhode Island. Gershom made a four different flower handle porringers and this one is not often
photographed. A marked handle is photographed in Laughlin Volume I, Plate L 341. The 5" diameter bowl has a
few small minor surface imperfections. Note the chatter marks below the linen mark. There are no dents or dings
or repairs.
A single earlier porringer with a stag mark from the same mold, presumably from Boston according to scholars,
is known but is not attributed to Gershom Jones (see An American Pewter Collection - The Collection of Dr.
Melvyn and Bette Wolf, item #590).
An excellent condition example at a fraction of a marked example.
$625
A fine example of a late eighteenth, early nineteenth century flower handle porringer attributed to Gershom Jones
of Providence Rhode Island. Gershom made a four different flower handle porringers and this one is not often
photographed. A marked handle is photographed in Laughlin Volume I, Plate L 341. The 5" diameter bowl has a
few small minor surface imperfections. Note the chatter marks below the linen mark. There are no dents or dings
or repairs.
A single earlier porringer with a stag mark from the same mold, presumably from Boston according to scholars,
is known but is not attributed to Gershom Jones (see An American Pewter Collection - The Collection of Dr.
Melvyn and Bette Wolf, item #590).
An excellent condition example at a fraction of a marked example.
$625
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