Collection Highlights
Kast
1675-1690
1941.914
Walnut, walnut veneer, elm, oak, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ladle
Object name
Ladle
Date
1827/28
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 14 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. ( 36.8 x 11.4 x 8.6 cm )
Description
Wrought silver ladle with long down-turned fiddle-end handle engraved, "MAB" in gothic script along obverse; squared shoulders and deep, horizontal elliptical bowl has rattail drop at reverse; maker's and assay marks stamped on the underside of the stem.
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Dudley Davis in memory of his mother Marie Antoinette Baker Davis
Object Number
1950.171
Marks
engraved: on the handle: "MAB" in gothic script
stamped: on the underside of the stem: "CM" in roman letters in rectangular surround, king's bust in oval surround, Brittania in rectangular surround, crowned harp in rectangular surround, date/letter "G" in chamfered rectangular.
Gallery Label
This soup ladle was given to the donor's mother, Marie Antoinette Baker Davis, on the occasion of her marriage to Fellows Davis, October 17, 1871.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
