Ladle
- Object Name:
- Ladle
- Object ID:
- 1968.508.01
- Creator:
- Lee, Richard Jr.
Pewterer ; Lee, Richard Sr. - Place of Origin:
- Springfield, VT or Grafton, NH
- Date:
- 1788-1820
- Description:
- Pewter Ladle is heavy, deep and round with a short pewter end for the handle. This end is decorated with fine rings in relief. There is a long, turned, wooden (birch or maple) handle inserted into this end with a double knobbed finial. Marks: "R. LEE" appears in a serrated rectangle in the inside of the bottom; the initials of "WN" (or "NM") in decorated script appears on the outside of the bottom.
- Material:
- Metal
Pewter
Wood - Dimensions:
- W-3.75 L-10.625 inches
- Provenance:
- Ladle with pewterer's mark of Richard Lee (probably Richard Lee, Jr., but possibly Richard Lee, Sr. (1747-1823), probably of Springfield, VT (but possibly New Hampshire or Massachusetts).
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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