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
ca. 1760
ca.1775-1800
1756-1776 (probably 1758-59 or 1766-67)
1720-1740
1771-1772
1731-1732
ca. 1810
1800-1815
1729-1730
1761-1762
1744-1745
1778-1779