Pewter Porringer

Description:

Pewter Porringer, Thomas D. and Sherman Boardman, Hartford, Connecticut, 1810-30, round form with boss bottom and flowered handle, "TD & SB" in a rectangle touchmark on the handle, (minor wear),rim dia. 5 1/4 in.

Note: This maker's mark is similar to one illustrated in Pewter in America: Its Makers and Their Marks, by Ledlie Laughlin, Barre Publishers, Barre, Massachusetts, 1969, plate LVII, fig. 428 and 429.
Estimate $700-900

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