AN AMERICAN SILVER AND MIXED-METAL SOUP LADLE
MARK OF WHITING, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
The hammered handle applied with a copper crab and engraved with initial M, together with a Tiffany & Co. lap-over-edge applied oyster ladle, applied with two crabs; a Whiting oyster ladle and six oyster forks, each applied with oyster shell and starfish; two Gorham Narragansett-style spoons with shell bowls, the handles applied with various marine motifs; a Shiebler butter knife, with foxglove handle, each marked on reverse
The soup ladle 12½ in. (31.2 cm.) long; 23 oz. (723 gr.) gross weight (12)
AN AMERICAN SILVER AND MIXED-METAL SOUP LADLE
MARK OF WHITING, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
The hammered handle applied with a copper crab and engraved with initial M, together with a Tiffany & Co. lap-over-edge applied oyster ladle, applied with two crabs; a Whiting oyster ladle and six oyster forks, each applied with oyster shell and starfish; two Gorham Narragansett-style spoons with shell bowls, the handles applied with various marine motifs; a Shiebler butter knife, with foxglove handle, each marked on reverse
The soup ladle 12½ in. (31.2 cm.) long; 23 oz. (723 gr.) gross weight (12)
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