Ladle

1757–67

William Hollingshead
American, active 1754–1785
Philadelphia

Status: On View, Gallery 167
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: William Hollingshead
Title: Ladle
Place: Philadelphia (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1757–1767
Medium: Silver
Inscriptions: Engraved on back of handle: "P / OL / to EH" Marked in script capitals four times in conforming reserve: "WH"
Dimensions: 5.4 × 37.8 × 8.3 cm (2 1/8 × 14 7/8 × 3 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Antiquarian Society through the Mrs. Edwin A. Seipp Fund
Reference Number: 1984.51
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Milo M. Naeve, Lynn Springer Roberts, et. al., A Decade of Decorative Arts: The Antiqarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1986, no. 55 (ill.).

Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, A Decade of Decorative Arts: The Antiqarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 12, 1986 – Jan. 4, 1987, no. 55 (ill.).

Traditionally identified as a gift of Oswald Peel (c. 1695-1765) and his wife, Lydia Peel (1704-1783) (m. 1728) to Elizabeth Hollingsworth; by descent; with Carl M. Williams, New York, NY, by 1984.

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