Lewis Kruiger
Ladle

Public Domain

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Maker Lewis Kruiger American, active 1833–c. 1852

CultureAmerican

Titles

Ladle

Datec. 1833–1852

Made inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

MediumPewter

Dimensions2 1/4 × 11 7/8 × 3 7/16 in. (5.7 × 30.2 × 8.7 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Catherine Campbell Hevrdejs

Object numberB.97.5

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Kilroy Center

Exposé

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

METALWORK

Description

Both inexpensive and durable, pewter and Britannia were ideally suited for flatware. Because they were used daily, only a fraction of spoons and ladles predating 1825 survive. Lewis Kruiger is one of the better-known flatware manufacturers. The number of ladles known with his stamp suggests he specialized in this form.

Related examples: Kerfoot 1942, fig. 282.

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.

Provenance[Bette and Melvyn Wolf, Flint, Michigan]; purchased by MFAH, 1997.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

[no inscriptions]

Mark of Lewis Kruiger [Kerfoot 1942, fig. 283]

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