Soup Ladle
Soup Ladle
- Description
- "Tuxedo" pattern soup ladle with circular, rolled-rim bowl attached to a straight, hollow, scroll-bordered wavy handle. Symmetrical design on front and back features a small fan and 7-lobed pendant shell at top and an 8- or 10-petaled flower between opposed anthemions and C scrolls above a ridged band around center, from which a long, tapered leafy ornament descends; ends with an almost circular ribbed shell attached to back of bowl. No marks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1890 - 1920
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- silver plate (overall material)
- electroplated (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 3/4 in x 13 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 6.985 cm x 33.655 cm x 8.89 cm
- ID Number
- DL.60.1067
- catalog number
- 60.1067
- accession number
- 115031
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Daniel Gardner
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
