1711 QUEEN ANNE STERLING SILVER TODDY LADLE RARE TWIST HANDLE SCULPTED BOWL

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1711 QUEEN ANNE STERLING SILVER TODDY LADLE RARE TWIST HANDLE SCULPTED BOWL:
$550.00

AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY STERLING SILVER TODDY LADLE WITH BALEEN HANDLE.

THIS IS AN AMAZINGLY RARE PIECE.

FIRST OFF IT HAS A 1711 QUEEN ANNE SILVER SHILLING COIN IN THE CENTER OF THE BOWL.

RARER STILL, THE BACK OF THE COIN HAS THE LETTERS GL STAMPED ON IT.

WITH ALL MY RESEARCH I HAVE FAILED TO FIND ANOTHER ONE WITH THOSE INITIALS.

THE REST OF THE BOWL IS FINELY SCULPTED WITH LINES AND GARLAND DECORATION.

THE FINELY CARVED TWISTED BALEEN HANDLE IS A STORY ALL ON ITS OWN.

A SAILOR ON AN ENGLISH WHALING BOAT WOULD HAVE GONE ON A MULTI YEAR JOURNEY TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, WEST OF SOUTH AMERICA.

THEY WOULD HAVE HUNTED WHALES UNTIL THEY HAD FILLED THEIR SHIP FULL.

ON THE RETURN JOURNEY HE WOULD HAVE CARVED THE HANDLE.

WHEN HE LANDED BACK IN ENGLAND HE WOULD HAVE SOUGHT OUT A SILVERSMITH WHO WOULD HAVE CREATED THE BOWL.

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE DOWRY THAT HE WOULD HAVE PROVIDED TO HIS NEW WIFE.

AN IMPORTANT TOKEN OF LOVE IN 18TH CENTURY ENGLAND.

THE LADLE MEASURES 14 1/4\" LONG.

THE BOWL IS 2 3/8\" IN DIAMETER X 1\" DEEP.

THE COIN MEASURES 26 MM. IN DIAMETER.

THE LADLE WEIGHS 44 GRAMS/ 1 1/2 OUNCES.

IT HAS AN OLD REPAIR TO WHERE THE SILVER STEM CONNECTS TO THE HANDLE, A FEW DINGS TO THE BOWL, BUT OVERALL CONDITION IS EXCELLENT.

READY TO LADLE OUT LIQUID REFRESHMENTS FOR ANOTHER 300 YEARS.

THANK YOU!

EXPEDITED SHIPPING AND HANDLING THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA WITH TRACKING. WOULD BE PLEASED TO SHIP WORLD-WIDE. INSURANCE INCLUDED. PLEASE EMAIL ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS. CANADIAN CUSTOMERS MUST PAY APPROPRIATE TAXES.