Ladle
- Object Name:
- Ladle
- Object ID:
- 2025.034
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company -- Silversmith
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1880
- Description:
- Ladle. Sterling silver ladle, William B. Durgin, Concord, New Hampshire, c. 1880. Aesthetic movement engraved design on handle of butterfly, flowers, and spikey branches. Bowl of ladle is in the shape of a six-petal flower. Back of handle engraved with name "Leah. Cresswell." Base of ladle neck is stamped with the oval Durgin hallmark showing a flying bird within a laurel wreath with a "D" above, as well as "STERLING".
- Material:
- Silver
- Dimensions:
- W-2.5 L-7 D-2.125 inches
- Provenance:
- Leah Cresswell was born in Philadelphia on September 15, 1863 to Matthew and Deborah Moulson Cresswell. She married Edward. S. Ellwanger (1859-1897) in 1884, for which this may have been a wedding gift. The couple settled in Rochester, New York, where they had two daughters. After her husband's death in 1897, Leah continued to reside in Rochester until her death in 1943.
- Credit Line:
- Richard F. Upton New Hampshire Silver Collection, Gift of William W. Upton
- People:
- Durgin, William B. (1833-1905)
- Subjects:
- Silversmiths, Silver services, Silverware industry
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