1996.0004.056 Ladle
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Ladle

  • Category:

    Metals

  • Creator (Role):

    Paul Revere Jr. (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1781-1797

  • Materials:

    Silver

  • Museum Object Number:

    1996.0004.056


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1996.0004.056

Object Name

Ladle

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens at Winterthur

Creator (Role)

Paul Revere Jr. (Maker)
12/21/1734-05/10/1818
Paul Revere, son of a silversmith with the same name, apprenticed to his father in 1747. His father died in 1754, before Paul could complete his training. Although he was legally too young to inherit the business, he remained active there until he was twenty one, when he assumed control. During the ensuing five decades, Revere and his employees produced hundreds of household, personal, ceremonial, and commemorative silver artifacts for well-to-do Bostonians. Revere's daybooks record that he fabricated twenty-five ladles between 1781 and 1797, calling them tureen ladle, soup ladle, and in one instance, scalloped tureen ladle. For the most part, he made one in any given year, except for 1795, when he fashioned five, and 1796, when he made six.

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1781-1797

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Handle, underside; [pellet] "REVERE" in recrtangle, stamped
2. Inscription; Handle, tip surface; "UR" in script, engraved

Materials

Silver

Dimensions (inches)

14.25 (L) , 2.625 (D) , 3.875 (Diam) , 6 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

36.195 (L) , 6.668 (D) , 9.843 (Diam) , 170 (Weight)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
An illustrated glossary of spoon terms, pp. 467-488
[Book] 1969 Selections from the Campbell Museum Collection.
Published:1972, no. 25; 1976, no. 25; 1978, no. 27; 1983, no. 145.
[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. & Halfpenny, Patricia A. 2000 The Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens at Winterthur.
Published: p. 67, fig. 32
[Catalogue] 1990 Selections from the Campbell Museum Collection (Suntory Museum Exhib. Cat.).
Published: Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo, loan exhib. cat., p. 35, fig. 69
[Book] Kane, Patricia E. 1998 Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers. 1241.
Bio and Mark "B": 795-848.