Collection Highlights
Wedding dress: yellow brocade with lace
1730-50 with several alterations into the 20th century
1949.115a
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Porringer
Object name
Porringer
Date
1801-1856
Medium
Pewter
Dimensions
Overall: 1 7/8 x 8 x 5 5/8 in. ( 4.8 x 20.3 x 14.3 cm )
Description
Bellied bowl basin with rounded sides and everted rim with pierced flowered handle bearing stamp and with rounded trefoil bracket linen mark.
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number
1922.20
Provenance
Formerly of the George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
