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1904

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2013

2025

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Porringer Porringer

This is a porringer. It was designed by Charles Robert Ashbee. It is dated 1904 and we acquired it in 2013. Its medium is silver, chrysoprase. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Gift of Harry C. Sigman.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 3.8 × 10.8 × 18.7 cm (1 1/2 × 4 1/4 × 7 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

On the exterior of the bowl: [1] “GofHLtd”, impressed (maker’s mark) [2] Leopard’s head, impressed (town mark, London) [3] “I” in a shield, impressed (date letter, 1904) [4] Lion passant, impressed (standard mark, England)

Cite this object as

Porringer Porringer; Designed by Charles Robert Ashbee; England; silver, chrysoprase; H x W x D: 3.8 × 10.8 × 18.7 cm (1 1/2 × 4 1/4 × 7 3/8 in.); Gift of Harry C. Sigman; 2013-21-9

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