Ladle
date: label: date made
content: ca 1884
notes: label: Description
content: Spouted ladle with shallow circular bowl and square shaft ending in a cylindrical socket fitted with a triple-baluster-turned wood handle. Plain front. Drop with midrib on back of bowl. No marks.
label: Description
content: One of three ladles, DL*126963-DL*126965, made in England and collected by the State Department at the 1884 World's Fair (or World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition) in New Orleans.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U. S. Department of State
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.126963
label: catalog number
content: 126963
label: accession number
content: 17041
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ladle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, white (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 14 in x 2 7/8 in; 3.175 cm x 35.56 cm x 7.3025 cm