Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ladle
Object Number:
1956.188
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 5/8 x 3 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 34.6 x 9.8 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "ER" in foliate script
stamped: on the underside of the stem: "OP" in a rectangle twice
Description:
Silver ladle with a downturned oval handle with bright-cut decoration and a faint midrib on the underside; handle engraved, "ER" in foliate script; circular bowl with an encircled heart-shaped drop; maker's mark stamped twice on the underside of the stem.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Louise Maunsell Fields & Mrs. E. Kennett Drisler
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
