The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025
Lot 102
A DOCUMENTED 18TH CENTURY BRASS LADLE
Estimate £60 - £80 | Hammer £76
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Description
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.