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Punch Ladle

Date1738-1739

OriginEngland, London

MediumSilver (Sterling); wood

DimensionsOL: 14 1/2"; OW (across bowl): 4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase, The Antique Collectors' Guild

Object number2007-87

DescriptionSilver punch ladle with turned wooden handle: A shaped and fluted silver oval bowl with bifurcated scroll, shell and leaf juncture and tapering tubular ferrule. Turned wooden handle (probably replaced) with swollen ovoid terminal.
Label TextThis is the most popular pattern of English silver punch ladle during the mid-eighteenth century.
InscribedLater engraved in shaded block letters on outside bottom of silver bowl "SLC"
MarkingsMarked in relief inside of silver bowl: 1) leopard's head crowned; 2) date letter "C" for 1738-39; and 3) lion passant. No sponsor's mark visible