| INDEX | ALL SILVER |
| DESCRIPTION | Long antique English Georgian punch ladle with a solid sterling silver bowl and baleen handle. The bowl with embossed and engraved rococo decoration and, unusually, a full set of well struck and readable hallmarks. The bowl back is engraved with an original betrothal engraving where "A" is the surname initial of the happy couple and "E" and "M" their first names. So often the handle breaks off in the socket but here the silversmith has ingeniously flattened the lower section of the socket to give it some spring and this has worked well, the handle is perfect and also secure within the socket. |
| SILVERSMITH | Thomas Wallis I |
| DATE or HALLMARK | 1767 |
| ASSAY OFFICE | London |
| WEIGHT in GRAMS | total 53 |
| LENGTH | 14 ½", 373mm |
| SILVER STANDARD | ·925 sterling silver |
| CONDITION | handle and hallmarks very good, silver nice and decoration still good, usual re-soldering of socket to bowl, in this instance very well done and some well executed repair work around the socket joint |
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| SOLD |
| Price £145 |
| item number m8400 |
| Available Punch Ladles |
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