5” PORRINGER BY GERSHOM JONES
GERSHOM JONES WAS AN IMPORTANT PEWTERER WORKING IN PROVIDENCE, RI. FROM 1774-1809. SPANNING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR PERIOD AS HE DID, HE CHANGED HIS DIES FROM THE ENGLISH STYLE TO AMERICAN STYLES. THIS PORRINGER, REFERENCE #563 IN AN AMERICAN PEWTER COLLECTION HAS HIS PRE-REVOLUTIONARY MARK WHICH UTILIZED THE ”I” PRE- REVOLUTIONARY AS OPPOSED TO THE “J”, POST –REVOLUTIONARY. THE CONDITION OF BOTH PEWTER AND MARK IS NEAR MINT