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Punch Ladle

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1835-1840

GUSN

GUSN-50212

Description

Fiddle handle; short front midrib; pointed shoulders; elliptical bowl.

Details

Descriptive Terms

punch ladles
silver (metal)
Ladle, Serving
Ladle, Punch
Silver
Ladle, Punch

Inscription

"C/ 1892" (Engraved on the handle)
"Rice/ to/ O. Frost/ 1837/ AK/ to/ MFK/ 1856" (Engraved on the back of the handle)

Maker

Stowell, I. [?] (Silversmith)

Credit Line

Bequest of Eleanor Clarke Bowser

Accession Number

1982.236

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