Ladle
- Object Name:
- Ladle
- Object ID:
- 2025.043
- Creator:
- Horne, James A. (1835-1886) -- Silversmith
- Place of Origin:
- Dover, NH
- Date:
- 1850-1860
- Description:
- Ladle. Large coin silver soup ladle, with bowl in a scallop design, James A. Horne (1835-1886), Dover, NH, c. 1850-1860. Handle engraved with a floral and geometric pattern. Back of handle engraved "Presented to / Mr. & Mrs. B. Newman / By / Mr. & Mrs. L. Gailzaid / Feb. 17, 1925". Underside of neck stamped "COIN." And "J.A. HORNE." and "DOVER, N.H."
- Material:
- Silver
- Dimensions:
- W-4.125 L-12.875 D-3 inches
- Provenance:
- One of the couples mentioned in the engraving is likely Leon Gailzaid (c.1862-1928) and his spouse Leah Sydenberg Gailzaid (1881-1965). In the 1924 Boston city directory Leon is listed as a court interpreter, and the couple lived at 61 Lyndhurst Steet, Dorchester, MA. Identity of Newman couple is less certain, but a Benjamin Newman (1895-1991) did marry Muriel (Minnie) Mack of Portland, Maine (1897-1977), on February 17, 1925. In the 1925 city directory for Malden the couple lived at 11 Franklin Street, Malden, MA, and owned the Empire Bottling Company at 33 Suffolk Street in Malden.
- Credit Line:
- Richard F. Upton New Hampshire Silver Collection, Gift of William W. Upton
- People:
- Horne, James A. (1835-1886)
- Subjects:
- Silversmiths, Silver services, Silverware industry
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