Ladle
Ladle
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- Description
- Ladle with raised circular bowl attached with two rivets to a slender, cylindrical, downturned handle flattened into a reverse-tapered end with circular hanger; both rivets hammered flat on front and back. Back of handle struck "PITKIN" in raised roman letters in a rectangle.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- ladle
- date made
- 1790 - 1805
- place made
- United States: Connecticut
- Physical Description
- brass (bowl; handle material)
- copper (rivets material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 3/4 in x 13 5/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 6.985 cm x 34.6075 cm x 12.065 cm
- ID Number
- 1978.0939.010
- accession number
- 1978.0939
- catalog number
- 1978.0939.010
- Credit Line
- Gift of John Paul Remensnyder
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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