porringer

Porringer, decorated in brown, blue and green on a cream ground. Circular brown line in hollow of porringer bordered on each side with three pronged arrow motifs in green blue and brown directed towards line. Rim decorated with two brown broad zig zag lines crossing each other to form diamond; green and blue dots within diamonds and to either side.

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