4 ½” GERSHOM JONES PORRINGER
THE 4 ¼” DIAMETER PORRINGER, J-176, REFERENCE #562 IN AN AMERICAN PEWTER COLLECTION HAS A RHODE ISLAND OR FLOWER HANDLE. 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 #562 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 EXCELLENT.