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 Who made this rustic wood-grained ladle?
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 02-13-2018 12:56 PM
  
Another sterling cream ladle, marked only STERLING 71 (with possibly a period after STERLING.) Can anyone help me figure out who made it? It's charmingly made to look rustic and rough hewn, with bright-cut engraved wood graining. It's not as refined and delicate as Gorham, Whiting, Wood & Hughes--but it's skillfully made, and the crudeness seems appropriate to the subject matter. It's very heavy for its size, which is 5 3/4 inches. The three-lobed leaf at the end of the handle reminds me a lot of the handle of a Fessenden preserve spoon I have, which is identical to the handle of the Fessenden citrus spoon Kimo posted in this thread (it's the spoon photographed against a blue background): Joseph Seymour Engraved Serving Fork Any idea who made it, beyond my guess of "American, c. 1870s"? IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 02-13-2018 12:57 PM
    With some objects to show scale (typical-sized teaspoon, trade paperback book, etc): IP: Logged |
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vathek Posts: 966 |
posted 02-13-2018 01:56 PM
Have you thought about using Google search by image? IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 02-13-2018 02:40 PM
I tried, but all I found was the listing from when I bought it. IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 02-13-2018 02:46 PM
(When I search on my own images rather than the seller's, I get really unhelpful things like "Best guess: silver" and "Best guess: paperweight," and the images they suggest as similar are things like earrings and paperweights.) IP: Logged |
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doc Posts: 728 |
posted 02-14-2018 08:06 AM
Wish I had some helpful info on this ladle, but I have to say that it is wonderful! I wonder, given the size and design, whether it might have been used for maple syrup? IP: Logged |
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asheland Posts: 935 |
posted 02-14-2018 10:51 AM
Not sure of the maker, but very cool!  IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 02-14-2018 12:33 PM
Whether or not it was made for maple syrup, it will DEFINITELY be used for it! --I'm suddenly remembering a long dream I had last night where I was trying to make cornmeal waffles, but I'd run out of cornmeal, so I was running from grocery store to grocery store looking for one that sold it. Who's up for cornmeal waffles with maple syrup?? I imagine the silversmith who made this ladle getting a brainstorm: "I'll make the bowl a LOG!! With the corners cut off!" IP: Logged |
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asheland Posts: 935 |
posted 02-15-2018 11:01 AM
That would work well for syrup.  IP: Logged |
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agleopar Posts: 850 |
posted 02-15-2018 06:46 PM
Polly, "I'll make the bowl a log with the corners cut off" is a refrain of silversmiths the world round! IP: Logged |
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Richard Kurtzman Moderator Posts: 768 |
posted 02-15-2018 08:16 PM
The marks look like Whiting. IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 02-15-2018 09:16 PM
Richard, interesting! It really does not feel like Whiting to me--it's so much more, well, rustic. Will you be at the school on Sunday? I'd love to hear what you think after holding it in your hands. IP: Logged |
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Richard Kurtzman Moderator Posts: 768 |
posted 02-16-2018 12:53 PM
Polly, are you trying to say that it's crude? If my memory serves me right, and increasingly my memory isn't serving me at all, I once saw a creamer and sugar set that was very similar to your ladle. My schedule is currently up in the air. IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 04-07-2018 10:46 PM
I just saw a tea caddy with the same squared-off-log base for sale online. It has the same "STERLING." mark, and is also marked "71B" (mine is just 71). It has Towle's mark. So I'm confident Richard must be right (well, naturally--of COURSE Richard is right!) and the mystery is solved. I won't include a link, because it's a commercial website. IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 04-08-2018 10:12 AM
I'm guessing this is the holloware for the Arlington flatware pattern (Sterling, 1884) by Towle. IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 04-08-2018 01:06 PM
I bet you're right, Scott. Do you agree that it seems related to my ladle? The Arlington ladles look nothing like mine. IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 04-08-2018 01:11 PM
Your ladle looks related to the holloware (caddy) and the holloware (caddy) looks related Arlington flatware pattern. IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 04-08-2018 01:19 PM
Right. That's my guess too. Thank you, Scott! For showing the images, too. IP: Logged |
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