Ladle

Description:

Hexagonal or coffin-end fiddle ladle with circular bowl and downturned handle engraved "GEB. Dearth" in script on front; no shoulders. Plain back is struck twice "I.FALES" in raised serif letters in a sawtooth or serrated rectangle.

Maker is James Fales (1780-1857); worked in Newport, RI; Bristol, RI; and New Bedford, MA (exact dates at each place unclear). Father of James Fales Jr. (1810-1879) and Giles Sanford Fales (1816-1887), both silversmiths.

Date Made: 1800 - 1810

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Rhode Island, Rhode Island, NewportUnited States: Rhode Island, BristolUnited States: Massachusetts, New Bedford

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

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Credit Line: Bequest of the Misses Long

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.59.2277Catalog Number: 59.2277Accession Number: 113420

Object Name: ladle

Physical Description: silver (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3 1/4 in x 14 3/8 in x 3 7/8 in; 8.255 cm x 36.5125 cm x 9.8425 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-ef94-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_301147

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