Ladle
date: label: date ladle made
content: 1787
label: date coin made
content: 1758
notes: label: Description
content: 1758 George II shilling ladle with twisted baleen or whalebone handle. Raised bowl has bulbous sides, plain flared rim and single pouring spout with coin set in at bottom center; engraved "RMT" in conjoined foliate script on front of bowl. Silver-capped handle is secured by a single pin to the conical socket, which is attached to an oval pad on bowl. Spout underside is struck with five hallmarks, "G(G?)" in raised serif letters in a rectangle, a lion passant facing left in a clipped-corner pointed shield, a crowned leopard's head in a clipped-corner rounded shield, the raised lowercase roman date letter "m" in a clipped-corner pointed shield, and a sovereign's head in profile facing right in an oval. Handle broken off and repaired.
label: Description
content: Ladle was made thirty years after coin was minted. Attributed to George Giles (active, 1762-after 1773), but is more likely George Gray (mark registered, 1782).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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 Estate of Anne Elizabeth Fallon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.304210.0001
label: catalog number
content: 304210.0001
label: accession number
content: 304210
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ladle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: baleen (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, ladle: 1 5/8 in x 11 3/4 in x 3 in; 4.1275 cm x 29.845 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: .25