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c.1860-70 COIN SILVER FIGURESQUE FEMALE LADLE 15.5" browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques:Decorative Art:Metals:Silver:Coin:Pre 1900: item # 625518 Please refer to our stock # FiguresqueL when inquiring.
Shelton Gallery and Fine Silver 5133 Harding Road B-10, PMB #392 Nashville TN 37205 (615) 477-6221 Guest Book $1650 |
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| This fabulous female figural medallion coin silver soup ladle was crafted by Wood & Hughes (see incised mark) circa 1860-1870. The New York City firm of Wood & Hughes was active between 1845 and 1899 and can be traced back to William Gale, with whom Jacob Wood and Jasper W. Hughes apprenticed. The ladle's 5-inch x 1-7/8 inch handle is decorated with a figuresque medallion of a woman's head that measures 2-1/8 x 1-1/2 inches. The gold washed bowl is 5 x 5 inches. The overall length of this incredible ladle is 15-1/2 inches. It is one of the largest of its type that we have seen. By 1860, Wood & Hughes had a labor force of 90 men and 6 women and a six-horse-powered steam engine that assisted in the operation of six rolling mills to prepare sheet silver and decorative die-rolled trims and 18 lathes for turning holloware bodies. | |||||||||||||||
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