A DOCUMENTED 18TH CENTURY BRASS LADLE

A DOCUMENTED 18TH CENTURY BRASS LADLE

ENGLISH

cast as one, with relatively shallow bowl, the tapering handle with a rectangular pierced and shaped terminal, maker's mark of 'WH' to front of handle

49.2cm long

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c. 1600 - c. 1900' (2001), p. 92, no. 198. The cast spoon between the maker's initials clearly implies this maker also cast spoons.