Punch Ladle
date: label: date made
content: ca 1817
notes: label: Description
content: Bright cut Old English ladle having a large circular bowl and downturned, flared and rounded handle with back midrib; no shoulders. Engraved on front with a zig-zag border and scalloped oval reserve containing a foliate script "P", oriented widthwise, above a pendant 4-petaled flower and leaves. Swage-formed faceted pyramid and two concentric drops on back of bowl, with bright-cut decoration between the drops. Struck three times on back of handle, in reverse directions, "B&M" in raised serif letters in a scalloped rectangle.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Rhode Island, Newport
topic: label: Subject
content: Beverages
label: Subject
content: Food Culture
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Alice James Pope
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0334.35
label: accession number
content: 1977.0334
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0334.35
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ladle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 13 5/8 in x 3 3/4 in; 6.985 cm x 34.6075 cm x 9.525 cm