A WROUGHT IRON LADLE

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A WROUGHT IRON LADLE
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHANNES SCHMIDT, ACTIVE 1842-1858, TULPEHOCKEN TOWNSHIP, BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1845

With shallow brass bowl riveted to flat wrought iron handle tapering to a looped end for hanging, the handle stamped "J. SCHMIDT"--8½in. long

Provenance

Acquired May 23, 1959

Lot Essay

A nearly identical ladle stamped "J. SCHMIDT" is in the Winterthur Library: Decorative Arts Photographic Collection, no. 81.2280. For a closely related ladle stamped "J. SCHMIDT 1846" see Herbert and Schiffer, p. 235, plate C.