Ladle
date: label: date made
content: 1795 - 1820
notes: label: Description
content: Ladle with raised circular bowl attached by three small rivets to a slender, faceted, downturned handle flattened into a flared and pointed end with pierced hole; all rivets domed on front and flat on back. Back of handle struck "R.LEE" in raised roman letters in a scalloped rectangle. Leather cord looped through handle.
label: Description
content: Attributed to Richard Lee Jr. (1775–circa 1858), who worked in Springfield, VT, 1795-1815, and Beverly, MA, 1816-1820. Lee Jr. was the son of Richard Lee Sr. (1747–1823), an itinerant pewterer who worked in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Springfield, VT, between 1773 and 1823. Lee Sr. is believed to have sold brass and pewter made by his son and both Lees are thought to have used the same marks, making it difficult to attribute pieces to the father or son.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Vermont, Springfield
label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Beverly
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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 Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.388481
label: catalog number
content: 388481
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ladle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (bowl; handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (rivets material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (cord material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 12 in x 4 in; 5.3975 cm x 30.48 cm x 10.16 cm