Artifact ID: Mos Pelgo silver bowls

While giving The Mandalorian’s season two opener a rewatch I noticed something in the scene where we are first introduced to the Marshal ‘Cobb Vance’. When Vance removes his helmet and sits down, he places the helmet on the table next to a particular style bowl. I probably wouldn’t have noticed it until perhaps a fourth or fifth casual reskim of the episode, had Jon Favreau not lampshaded the helmet with a gratuitous closeup.

This one was a pretty easy identification, since I grew up using bowls just like this for my morning granola and yogurt!

This is a pewter porringer made by Wilton Armetale in Columbia, Pennsylvania. These bowls measure 5″ in diameter and 2″ high, holding around 14 ounces. They’re fairly common and relatively inexpensive on eBay (expect to pay about $9 each), or you could ‘increase visual scanning’ and catch them in your local secondhand shop.

The other tables in the saloon have the same bowls at them in the scene, and when the townsfolk get together later it looks like they have some crisps in the bowl!

Most porringers have fancy Williamsburg-style colonial handles, but these are simple and plain…perfect for settlers on a backwater world. Pair them with a Tupperware cup of blue milk and you’re well on your way to having a complete Outer Rim table setting.
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