Ladle
date: label: date made
content: ca 1782
notes: label: Description
content: Old English type ladle with circular bowl and pointed downturned handle with midrib on back, bright cut pendant ovals on front, and"JMT" engraved in conjoined foliate script in the reserve; no shoulders. Swage-formed pointed drop on back of bowl. Back of handle is struck with a spreadwing shield-body eagle in a diamond and "D.V.VOORHIS" in raised serif letters in a rectangle, facing reverse directions.
label: Description
content: Maker is Daniel Van Voorhis (1751-1824); working, New York, NY, circa 1772-1775; Philadelphia, PA, 1775-1782; Princeton, NJ, 1783-1784; New York, NY, 1784-1787; Bennington County, VT, 1787-1788; New York, NY, 1788-1803. Worked alone and in partnerships.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Arthur Michael
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.383590
label: catalog number
content: 383590
label: accession number
content: 162866
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ladle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 14 3/8 in x 3 5/8 in; 6.6675 cm x 36.5125 cm x 9.2075 cm