Title: Ladle
Object type: Ladle
Date: 1777–90
Culture: American
Artist:  Joseph Richardson Jr. 
Artist bio: 1752–1831
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall: 2 1/2 x 13 3/16 in. (6.4 x 33.5 cm); 4 oz. 14 dwt. (145.6 g)
Bowl: W. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
Credit line: Bequest of Alphonso T. Clearwater, 1933
Geography: Made in Philadelphia Pennsylvania  United States Mid-Atlantic     
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY