A SILVER SOUP LADLE OF SOUTHERN INTEREST

MARK OF WILLIAM AND GEORGE RICHARDSON, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, CIRCA 1785

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A SILVER SOUP LADLE OF SOUTHERN INTEREST
MARK OF WILLIAM AND GEORGE RICHARDSON, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, CIRCA 1785
Old English pattern, the terminal engraved S over I E, marked twice on reverse
12½ in.; 4 oz. 10 dwt.

Lot Essay

William and George Richardson formed a partnership in 1782 that lasted until circa 1795, when the business was carried on by George Richardson until 1807. See George Barton Cutten, Silversmiths of Virginia, 1952, p.p. 156-159.

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