Ladle
date: label: date made
content: 1763-1777
label: date made
content: ca 1780-1793
notes: label: Description
content: Old English type ladle with circular bowl and slightly pointed downturned handle with midrib on back and "WCW" engraved in conjoined foliate script on front; no shoulders. Swage-formed concentric drops containing a point facing up on back of bowl. Struck once on back of handle "I DAVID" ("VID" conjoined) in raised serif letters in a rounded-corner rectangle.
label: Description
content: Maker is John David Sr. (1736-1798) of Philadelphia, PA; working, circa 1755-1793. His son, John David Jr., took over his business in 1794.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Estate of Ann L. Gibb
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.69.0185
label: catalog number
content: 69.0185
label: accession number
content: 261753
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ladle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 7/8 in x 14 1/2 in x 3 5/8 in; 7.3025 cm x 36.83 cm x 9.2075 cm