This exceptional and rare antique sterling silver soup ladle has been crafted in the Hanoverian pattern.
The posterior surface of the handle terminal is embellished with a contemporary engraved crest of a serpent nowed below a coronet.
This fine example of antique silver cutlery has a plain rounded bowl with a rounded heel.
The anterior surface of the ladle features a pip to the handle terminal.
The reverse of this impressive Georgian ladle bears the original scratch weight of 10 troy ounces and 1 pennyweight (10.05 troy ounces) above the lap/scarf joint solder line; as to be expected the measured weight has subtly diminished in keeping with age to 9.9 troy ounces.
Such hand raised, period examples with a scarf/lap joint to the stem of the handle, typically have flat shallow bowls and are rare to the market.
Maker: Philip Roker II