Maker
Lewis Kruiger (American, active 1833–c. 1852)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
On view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
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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