Object Number 1960.0925

Object Name

Ladle

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

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

Date

1795-1830

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, undersdie; Stamped "R LEE" in serrated edge rectangle

Materials

Brass; Copper

Techniques

Hammered

Dimensions (inches)

10 (L) , 3.858 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

25.4 (L) , 9.8 (W)

Object Description

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