Ladle
date: label: date made
content: ca 1780
label: date made
content: 1795-1797
notes: label: Description
content: Old English type ladle with circular bowl and pointed downturned handle with midrib on back, bright cut graduated ovals on front, and a foliate script "H" engraved in the reserve; no shoulders. Swage-formed pointed drop on back of bowl. Back of handle is engraved "1780" and struck with three marks, "I&T.D" in raised serif letters in a rectangle to left of an eagle's head in profile facing right and a wheat sheaf, both in squares. "1780" added later.
label: Description
content: The secondary marks of an eagle's head and wheat sheaf are those of Joseph Dubois (1767-1798) and Teunis Denise (Denyse) Dubois (1773-1843), respectively, also of New York City, in partnership, 1795-1797.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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 Josephine Arthur Rohrer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.64.0140
label: catalog number
content: 64.0140
label: accession number
content: 250794
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ladle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 14 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 6.35 cm x 36.195 cm x 9.525 cm