Punch Ladle

Attributed to William Fleming (English, born 1688)

Date1729-1730

MediumSilver

DimensionsOverall: 2 × 12 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 12 1/2 inches (5.08 × 31.75 × 6.35 × 31.75 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: the Lillian M. Diveley Fund

Object number2008.20

Markingsstruck on the interior of the bowl with hallmarks (lion passant, leopard's head, date letter "O") and maker's mark, the handle is also struck with the maker's mark

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Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

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DescriptionThe Punch Ladle has a long, hollow, cylindrical handle which tapers to a smaller diameter as it meets the bowl. One-third from the top end of the handle, which terminates with a domed cap, there is a rounded rib. The ladle's bowl is flat on the bottom with sides at slightly-rounded right angles. The top edge of the bowl has a rounded, rolled edge.Provenance

Provenance

With Christopher Hartop, Norfolk, United Kingdom, by 2008;

Purchased from Christopher Hartop by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2008.

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