Collection Highlights
Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën... Volume 5, part 1 (deel 5, stuk 1)
Date:
1724-1726
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1724.V
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sauce ladle
Object Number:
1984.127
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 3/4 in. ( 21 x 6.4 x 1.9 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "Chedell" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "CHEADELL" in a rectangle, "AUBURN" in a rectangle
Description:
silver sauce ladle with a downturned fiddle handle engraved, "Chedell" in script, flared shoulders and a deep circular bowl; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Gallery Label:
The donors are the great-great-granddaughter and grandson of the silversmith.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joan R. Drummond and John Chedell Richardson, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
