Drinking Ladle
ClassificationsFurnishings-Serviceware-drinking vessels
Dateearly 19th Century
Made AtUnited States, North America
MediumCocount shell, ivory and metal
Dimensions5 1/2 × 4 1/8 × 15 1/8 in. (14 × 10.5 × 38.4 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
Object number2013.10.5
DescriptionA ladle or dipper, made for personal use aboard American whaling or merchant vessel. A similar example with an all ivory flange is in the collection of the New Bedford Whaling Museum.On View
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c. 1890
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