porringer

A shallow cup or bowl with a handle.

Originally, a porridge-dish; hence, a small vessel deeper than a plate or saucer, usually having upright sides, a nearly flat bottom, and one or two ears.

A head-dress shaped like a porringer: so called in jest.

A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat or are fed.

A small cup or bowl usually with a handle.

A small, pewter dish that colonial Americans ate their porridge from.

a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle)