[pawr-in-jer, por-] 
| a low dish or cup, often with a handle, from which soup, porridge, or the like is eaten. |
por·rin·ger (pôr'ĭn-jər, pŏr'-)  (click for larger image in new window) n. A shallow cup or bowl with a handle. [Middle English, alteration of potinger, potager, from Old French potager, from potage, soup; see pottage.] |
porringer
a shallow, round bowl with one or two flat, horizontal handles set on opposite sides of the rim and, usually, a shallow lid. In recent usage, the word has also been used to refer to late 16th- and early 17th-century English silver vessels of cylindrical form with two vertical scroll handles. The precise purpose of porringers, or ecuelles, as they are known in France, is in dispute; but it is thought that they were used to hold broth or gruel.
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