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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RALPH E. CARPENTER, JR.
AN AMERICAN SILVER SOUP LADLE
MARK OF THOMAS ARNOLD, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1780
Details
AN AMERICAN SILVER SOUP LADLE
MARK OF THOMAS ARNOLD, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1780
The handle with bright-cut and engraved feather border, rounded down-turned terminal engraved with foliate script monogram ISE, marked reverse of handle TA in a rectangle and ARNOLD in a rectangle
13 in. (33 cm.) long
5 oz. 10 dwt. (171 gr.)
MARK OF THOMAS ARNOLD, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1780
The handle with bright-cut and engraved feather border, rounded down-turned terminal engraved with foliate script monogram ISE, marked reverse of handle TA in a rectangle and ARNOLD in a rectangle
13 in. (33 cm.) long
5 oz. 10 dwt. (171 gr.)
Provenance
Acquired from a church, 9 September 1949.
Literature
Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., The Arts and Crafts of Newport Rhode Island 1640-1820, 1954, p. 194.
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Sallie Glover