Ladle

Description:

Fiddle ladle with horizontal oval bowl and rounded downturned handle with midrib on back and "GMK" engraved in foliate script on front; pointed shoulders. Swage-formed rounded-square drop on back of bowl. Struck once on back of handle "C.A.BURNETT" in raised serif letters in a rectangle.

Maker is Charles A. Burnett (1769-1849); worked in Fredericksburg, VA, 1788-1793; Alexandria, VA , 1793-1796; and Georgetown, DC, 1796-circa 1840.

Date Made: 1810-1820

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: District of Columbia, Georgetown

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

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.391821Catalog Number: 391821

Object Name: ladle

Physical Description: silver (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1 7/8 in x 13 1/8 in x 4 in; 4.7625 cm x 33.3375 cm x 10.16 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-f3ea-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_303400

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