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What is a
Pewter Quaich with One Handle? Pewter Porringer!
While the quaich is uniquely Scottish, the porringer is usually
associated with Europeans and Americans of colonial times. The easiest
way for you to identify between the two is to check the handles.
A porringer has only one, while a quaich has two.
Simple, right?
The sketch above is that of a porringer (you can see the sketch
of a pewter
quaich
in this website too). Indeed, porringers were usually made of pewter.
Although rather uncommon compared to other pewterware, new pewter
porringers are still available nowadays.
The same cannot be said of antique ones, though.
Many
of these and other pewterware were taken away during the American
revolution to be melted and made into bullets as lead became scarce.
Some survived and you can find them in museums or at some auction sites.
Hey, since they were made in to bullets, there
must be a lot of pewter bullets then!
Hmmm...
Anyway,
a porringer is no longer a common household eating utensil. We all use
simple bowls without handles nowadays. And these are usually made of
porcelain or plastic.
 Oh, here's a
real porringer which I got online. It's a little porringer which my
wife pestered me to buy for our baby. She thought it was nice and
classy. I think so too, if only I didn't have to fork out the money...
You can also check out other pewter drinkware on this site.
Pewter
Tankards
Pewter
Goblets
Pewter
Hip Flask
Pewter
Tea Set
Pewter
Quaich
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