Ladle
date: label: date made
content: 1810-1820
notes: label: Description
content: Fiddle ladle with horizontal oval bowl and rounded downturned handle with midrib on back and "GMK" engraved in foliate script on front; pointed shoulders. Swage-formed rounded-square drop on back of bowl. Struck once on back of handle "C.A.BURNETT" in raised serif letters in a rectangle.
label: Description
content: Maker is Charles A. Burnett (1769-1849); worked in Fredericksburg, VA, 1788-1793; Alexandria, VA , 1793-1796; and Georgetown, DC, 1796-circa 1840.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Georgetown
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.391821
label: catalog number
content: 391821
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ladle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 13 1/8 in x 4 in; 4.7625 cm x 33.3375 cm x 10.16 cm