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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Soup Ladle
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Soup Ladle

Maker Hester Bateman (English, 1709 - 1794)
CultureEnglish
Date1776-1777
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 13 in. (33 cm)
InscribedFully marked on reverse of handle near the bowl.
Credit LineGift of Mark A. Clark
Object number79.135
Not on view
DescriptionHeavy soup ladle with a backward-bent handle decorated with a band of bright cutting along the edge; the bowl in the form of a fluted shell.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Hester Bateman
1785
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Hester Bateman
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Hester Bateman
1782-1783
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Peter Bateman
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
ca. 1860