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Punch ladle
(c. 1750)
Medium
silver, whalebone
Measurements
3.1 × 6.7 × 46.2 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1913
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
punched (circularly) (inverted) in coin in bowl c.: GEORGIVS·II·DEI·GRATIA· / (King George II portrait)
punched (circularly in coin in bowl rear c.: ·M·B·F·ET·H·REX·F·D·B·ET·L·D·S·R·I·A·T·ET·E·1747 / (Great Britain coat-of-arms)
Accession Number
924-D2
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
Punch ladle, with long twisted whalebone handle.