Soup Ladle

Date1783-1784

Marked by Robert Cruickshank (working ca. 1766-1784)

MediumSilver (sterling)

DimensionsOL: 12 3/4"

Credit LineAnonymous gift.

Object number1971-2084

DescriptionSilver soup ladle with large shell-shaped bowl and long down-turned tipped handle.
InscribedEngraved in sprigged script across tip of handle "JSH" [?]
MarkingsStruck in relief on back of handle: 1) "RC" in clipped corner rectangle for Robert Cruickshank (Grimwade 1990 # 3765a); 2) date letter "h" for 1783-84; 3) lion passant; and 4) leopard's head crowned