GEORGIAN ERA COIN SILVER TODDY LADLE WITH ENGLISH SHILLING SET INTO THE BOWL. SILVER FINE ROUNDED REPOUSSÉ BOWL WITH FLORAL DESIGNS, A RADIANT HEART AT THE SILVER STEM FITTING. TWISTED BARLEY BALEEN HANDLE. INSET COIN AT BOTTOM OF BOWL SURROUNDED BY RADIANT ORNAMENTAL DESIGN (OBVERSE INSIDE BOWL). 12 1/2″ IN LENGTH (10 3/4″ BALEEN HANDLE, 37 MM SILVER STEM); BOWL IS 55 MM IN DIAMETER AT RIM. OBV : BUST OF QUEEN ANNE. CROWNED SHIELD IN CRUCIFORM. IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, WITH TIGHT FITTINGS & SOCKETS AND GOOD HANDLES/STEMS CONSIDERING THEIR AGE. (TODDY) WAS THE POPULAR AND SOCIAL FASHIONABLE DRINK OF CHOICE FOR. GEORGIAN ENGLAND, INTRODUCED IN THE MID 17th CENTURY, AND MADE FROM WATER, SUGAR, LIMES OR LEMONS, SPICES AND ALCOHOLIC SPIRITS. DURING THE 17th CENTURY, ROUND HEAVY SILVER LADLES & HANDLES WERE USED TO DISPENSE PUNCH, BUT BY THE. 18th CENTURY, SILVER HAD BECOME SCARCE. LIGHTER BOWLS, MANY MADE FROM A COIN, HAND HAMMERED OUT AND SHAPED TO RAISE A BOWL AND FITTED WITH NON-SILVER HANDLES WERE INTRODUCED. INSET COINS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BOWL WERE OFTEN ADDED TO ENHANCE THE ORNAMENTATION AND OSTENTATION, OR EVEN PERHAPS, TO INCLUDE A “LUCKY” COIN, OR A COIN WITH A SIGNIFICANT DATE OF A SPECIAL OR PERSONAL EVENT. THE HANDLES WERE MADE OF VARIOUS MATERIALS SUCH AS WOOD, IVORY AND WHALEBONE CALLED. BALEEN, WHICH WAS NOT ACTUALLY BONE BUT PART OF THE WHALE’S FILTRATION/FEEDING SYSTEM THAT WAS MALEABLE AND EASILY SHAPED IN ITS RAW PREPARED STATE AND HARD WHEN DRIED. BALEEN WAS TRADITIONALLY TURNED INTO A “TWISTED BARLEY” PATTERN. NOT ONLY FASHIONABLE STATEMENTS OF GEORGIAN ELEGANCE, TODDY LADLES WERE ALSO APPARENTLY POPULAR HOLIDAY AND ST. VALENTINE’S DAY GIFTS OF THE PERIOD. IN THE SPECIE STARVED AMERICAN COLONIES OF GREAT BRITAIN, TODDY LADLES SUCH AS THESE BECAME CHERISHED ITEMS OF WEALTH, STATUS AND CIVILITY. PLEASE BE PATIENT AS THIS IS A HARD TIME FOR EVERYONE AND PACKAGES ARE GETTING DELIVERED, JUST NOT IN THE NORMAL TIMEFRAME. PLEASE INQUIRE IF INTERESTED. We cannot declare any package as a “gift”, “sample”etc. This item is in the category “Antiques\Silver\Coin Silver (.900)”. The seller is “rarecoincollector” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Composition: Sterling Silver
- Age: Pre-1800