1757 George II sixpence or half shilling ladle with twisted baleen or whalebone handle. Raised bowl has bulbous sides, plain flared rim and single pouring spout with the coin set in at bottom center. Silver portion of shaft consists of a flat, tapered section bright cut with a shield containing "TR" in conjoined script and a conical socket for the capped handle, which is secured by a single pin. Underside of spout is struck with five hallmarks, an undecipherable maker's mark, a lion passant facing left in a clipped-corner square, a crowned leopard's head in a clipped-corner rounded shield, the raised lowercase roman date letter "l" in a clipped-corner pointed shield, and a sovereign's head in profile facing right in an oval.
Ladle was made thirty years after coin was minted.