A WHITING SQUARE TWIST PATTERN SILVER OYSTER LADLE WITH EXHIBITION CATALOGUE . Whiting Manufacturing Company, Ne...

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A WHITING SQUARE TWIST PATTERN SILVER OYSTER LADLE WITH EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
Whiting Manufacturing Company, New York, New York, circa 1900
Marks: (W-griffin), STERLING, 5
11 inches long (27.9 cm)
4.46 troy ounces

From The Lauren Stanley Silver Collection

The ladle with scalloped edge to the bowl.

Accompanying this lot is a limited edition boxed catalogue portfolio of the 1999 Lauren Stanley Gallery exhibition: American Soup Ladles 1800-1900. The black presentation box holds the scholarly catalogue written by D. Albert Soeffing which discusses the history of the form and its makers in great depth, as well as including 8 "x 10" photographs of the 38 ladles in the exhibition.

More information about Whiting Manufacturing Company Artist.

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