Ladle with Shell-Shaped Bowl
date: label: Date
content: 1760–1780
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bowl in shell form, with round bosses on alternate flutes and scalloped rim, attached to handle with ribbed shell mount on reverse side. Long narrow handle with feathered edge, widening to rounded terminal. Reverse side of handle plain surface with center rib at terminal.
place: label: possibly made in
content: Sheffield, England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1986-61-4
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: ladle
label: Type
content: ladle
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver plated, copper
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 35.8 × 9.8 × 6.5 cm (14 1/8 × 3 7/8 × 2 9/16 in.)