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Ladle

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1800-1820

GUSN

GUSN-24692

Description

Small silver ladle. Oval bowl and slender handle that flares at tip. Small scalloped decoration on rounded tip.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ladles
silver (metal)
Silver
LADLE

Inscription

Stamped on back of handle: ""J.A. Merrill""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Possibly Merrill, J. A. (Maker)

Dimensions

5.125 x 1 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.5539

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