Artist:William Rogers & Son
Medium: Silver-plate
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Dates:patented February 1891
Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 3 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. (25.1 x 7.9 x 7 cm)
Collections:
Museum Location: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 88.105.3
Catalogue Description: Oyster ladle with a plain bowl. Handle has undulating outline and an "S" shape contour. The handle is covered with a dense over-all design of scrolling and molded dots in fairly high relief against a stippled background. About 1/3 the length from the end of the handle is a heart-shaped reserve that is blank, but intended for initials. The reverse of the handle has very abbreviated but similar scrolling decoration in much lower relief. Opal Pattern. CONDITION: The laddle has scratching and pitting in the bowl. This piece is especially heavy in weight.