Ladle

Description:

Ladle with large, shallow, raised circular bowl or pan attached with four rivets to a straight handle with square shoulders, faceted center section and reverse-tapered upper half ending in a back-bent, scrolled-tip hook; handle front inset with a rectangular piece of copper engraved "AL jun:" in flecked and lowercase roman script. Rivets are hammered flat on front and domed on back. Centerpunch inside bowl. No other marks.

Date Made: 1790 - 1800

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Gift of John Paul Remensnyder

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1978.0939.012Accession Number: 1978.0939Catalog Number: 1978.0939.012

Object Name: ladle

Physical Description: copper (bowl; rivets; panel material)iron, wrought (handle material)Measurements: overall: 4 1/4 in x 22 in x 7 3/8 in; 10.795 cm x 55.88 cm x 18.7325 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-073b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_309561

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