Silversmith: Cripps, William
An elegant ladle, the bowl wavy edged and double lipped, an interesting join to the long silver ferrule, and thence a simple turned ebony handle. Engraved E*C on underside of bowl. Weight includes handle.
Lent by Jonathan Gray of The Bill Gray Collection
Height: 34.3 cm
Width: 9.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Loan (2009) by Gray, Jonathan
George III
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1764
Handle
composed of
ebony
Bowl
composed of
silver
Accession number: AAL.33-2009
Primary reference Number: 184540
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
External
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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