Ladle

Description:

Old English type ladle with circular bowl and rounded downturned handle with midrib on back and "EMS" engraved in foliate script on front; no shoulders. Swage-formed drop containing a point facing up on back of bowl. Struck once on back of handle "R.Humphreys" in raised script in a conforming surround.

Maker is Richard Humphreys (1749/50-1832); working in Wilmington, DE, 1771-1772, and Philadelphia, PA, beginning in 1772. A highly talented and successful silversmith, Humphreys is perhaps better remembered as a Quaker philanthropist whose bequest of $10,000 (one-tenth of his estate) established Cheyney University (originally named the Institute for Colored Youth) in 1837, making it the first and oldest historically African-American institution for higher learning in the United States.

Date Made: ca 17901790-1795

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Laurence J. Stabler

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.67.0062Catalog Number: 67.0062Accession Number: 267623

Object Name: ladle

Physical Description: silver (overall material)Measurements: overall: 2 in x 13 5/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 34.6075 cm x 8.89 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b0-f562-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_301151

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