1. small bowls with handles, typically used for eating porridge or soup
Usage: historical; often made of pewter or silver

Examples

• The antique shop displayed several pewter porringers from the 18th century.
• Children in colonial times ate their morning porridge from small porringers.
• The museum’s collection includes silver porringers used by wealthy families.
• She inherited her grandmother’s set of ceramic porringers.
• The blacksmith crafted metal porringers for the village households.
• Historical porringers often featured decorative handles and engravings.