Ladle

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Richard Lee Jr. (Brass founder)

  • Place of Origin:

    Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1795-1830

  • Materials:

    Brass; Copper

  • Techniques:

    Hammered

  • Museum Object Number:

    1967.0098


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1967.0098

Object Name

Ladle

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Richard Lee Jr. (Brass founder)
05/06/1775
Richard Lee Jr was the son of Richard Lee Sr, also a pewterer. For more on Richard Lee Jr's marks, see C. Jordan Thorn, Handbook of American Silver and Pewter Marks (1949), p.265; Carl Jacobs, Guide to American Pewter (1957), p.125-127; and Montgomery, History of American Pewter (1973), p.224. See also Laughlin, Pewter in America (1981), vol.1, p.121-124 and Ebert, Collecting American Pewter (1973), p.136.

Place of Origin

Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Origin is Springfield, Vermont, or Providence, Rhode Island as per a previous cataloguer [Lorena Baines 2007].

Date

1795-1830

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, surface; Stamped "RICHARD·LEE" in serrated-edge rectangle

Materials

Brass; Copper

Techniques

Hammered

Dimensions (inches)

16.142 (L) , 5.748 (W) , 5.752 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

41 (L) , 14.6 (W) , 14.61 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Diameter of Bowl is 5 3/4". Length given is overall; length of handle only is 12 3/16".

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
Published: cat. no. 26a, p. 97.