Ladle
date: label: date made
content: ca 1788-1830
notes: label: Description
content: Ladle with deep circular bowl and baluster-turned wood handle fitted into the conical shaft, with two grooves around its top. Bottom outside of bowl has shallow impressed circle around center; bottom inside struck once with partial maker's mark. Interior of bowl cleaned at handle join.
label: Description
content: Maker is either Richard Lee Sr. (1747–1823) or his son, Richard Lee Jr. (1775–circa 1858). Lee Sr. was an itinerant pewterer who worked in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Springfield, Vermont, between 1773-1823. Lee Jr. also worked in Springfield from 1795-1815, then Beverly, Massachusetts, from 1816-1820. It is believed both Lees 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: New England
label: place made
content: United States: New Hampshire
label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts
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: Bequest of Dr. Joseph H. Kler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0027.50
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0027.50
label: accession number
content: 1986.0027
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ladle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (bowl, shaft material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 12 7/8 in x 3 5/8 in; 6.985 cm x 32.7025 cm x 9.2075 cm