Ladle
date: label: date made
content: 1800 - 1830
notes: label: Description
content: Ladle with circular bowl attached with three rivets to a slender, cylindrical handle flattened into an almost vertical, flared and pointed end with pierced hole; turning and chatter marks visible on front and back of bowl. Front of handle struck incuse above hanging hole "W.BARTON" in roman letters.
label: Description
content: Skimmer 1978.0939.006 and ladle 1978.0939.011 appear to be a pair. Both were possibly made by William Barton (1762-1849), who established foundries for making horse and sleigh bells in East Hampton, CT, in 1808, and in Cairo, NY, in 1826.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut
label: place made
content: United States: New York
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Paul Remensnyder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0939.011
label: accession number
content: 1978.0939
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0939.011
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ladle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (bowl; handle; rivets material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/8 in x 15 in x 4 1/4 in; 11.1125 cm x 38.1 cm x 10.795 cm