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Ladle

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1768

GUSN

GUSN-2121

Description

Georgian silver and wood ladle with slender turned handle and silver bowl.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ladles
silver (metal)
wood (plant material)
Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)
Silver
Wood
Georgian
Ladle

Inscription

1) "I + E" 2) Four English hallmarks (see accession file); (one of hallmarks dates it to 1768). (stamped)

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

12 x 3 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.132

Places

London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom)

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