Ladle
date: label: date made
content: 1986
notes: label: Description
content: Ladle with raised circular bowl attached by two rivets to a slender, D-section handle flattened and shaped at its upper end with circular hanger; both rivets flat on front and domed on back. Back of upper portion of handle struck incuse with circular mark for "ORPHEUS (arched) / COPPERSMITH (curved)" bordering "HAND / MADE / U.S.A.". From a four-piece set of cooking utensils (skimmer, two ladles and hanging rack), 1986.3175.1A-D.
label: Description
content: Maker is Kurt P. Strehl (1926-2008), Orpheus Coppersmith, of Agawam, MA.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Agawam
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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 Kurt P. Strehl
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.3175.1D
label: catalog number
content: 1986.3175.1D
label: nonaccession number
content: 1986.3175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ladle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (skimmerbowl; rivets material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 14 in x 4 1/4 in; 6.6675 cm x 35.56 cm x 10.795 cm