Description:
Cast pewter prorringer, with pierced foliate handle, not marked, condition: two dents on side of bowl. Wayne Hilt, pewter expert and dealer, believes the porringer was made by Richard Lee, Jr. of Springfield, Vermont. It is unmarked but attributed without reservation to Richard Lee of Springfield, VT. His working dates are from 1795 to 1820. An itinerant pewterer who worked in Massachusetts and Vermont from 1770-1820, made a wide variety of pewter, particularly porringers. His father, Richard Lee, Sr. (1747-1823) tried to earn his living in many ways around New England, but was successful at none; about 1795 he tried pewtering with his son but soon gave up, only to return to live with his son in 1805 "and sell pewter and brassware for him again." It is probably impossible to determine if both Lees used the same dies in trying to determine if a piece was made by the father or son.
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