R. & W. Wilson
Ladle

MakerAmerican, partnership active 1825–1846
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Ladle
Datec. 1825–1846
Made inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumSilver
Dimensions1 3/16 × 8 1/16 × 2 5/8 in. (3 × 20.5 × 6.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Jas A. Gundry
Object numberB.93.20
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Metals Study Room
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

Technical notes: The design is struck only on one side.

Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.


ProvenanceProbably the Booth family of Dubuque, Iowa; by descent to Jas A. Gundry, Houston; given to MFAH, 1993.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Engraved: HAB
Mark of R. & W. Wilson [Belden 1980, p. 450, a]

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