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Ladle

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1750-1850

GUSN

GUSN-3339

Description

A shallow circular brass bowl with three holes on one side is attached to a long tapered wrought iron handle which hooks at the end.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ladles
brass (alloy)
iron (metal)
wrought
Iron
Brass
Wrought
LADLE

Inscription

Incised on the bottom of the bowl is: XVIII .

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

16.625 x 3.875 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1125

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