Ladle
date: label: date ladle made
content: 1750-1775
label: date coin made
content: 1679
notes: label: Description
content: Charles II fourpence ladle with downturned, twisted baleen or whalebone handle. Raised, chased and repousse bowl has a C scroll reserve on front engraved "A*S" flanked by baskets of flowers and fruits; plain flared rim and single pouring spout with coin set in at bottom center. Handle secured into long conical socket with single silver pin. Vestiges of marks on underside of spout. Decade scratched out on coin reverse, possibly was "1679".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Francis T. Redwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.377446
label: catalog number
content: 377446
label: accession number
content: 138933
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: 1 3/8 in x 13 1/2 in x 3 1/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 34.29 cm x 7.9375 cm