COIN SILVER TODDY LADLES WITH ENGLISH COIN SET INTO THE BOWL. SILVER FINE ROUNDED REPOUSSÉ BOWL WITH FLORAL DESIGNS, A CARTOUCHE IN FRONT AND 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). 13 1/2″ IN LENGTH (9 3/4″ BALEEN HANDLE, 40 MM SILVER STEM); BOWL IS 60 MM IN DIAMETER AT RIM. RARE 1562 MILLED SILVER SIXPENCE. OBV : CROWNED PORTRAIT “TALL” BUST OF ELIZABETH I LEFT WITH LONG HAIR AND WEARING HIGH RUFF COLLAR, DRESS WITH BEADED BODICE AND DECORATION; TUDOR ROSE RIGHT; STAR OR. LONG CROSSLET QUARTERING ROYAL ARMS (ENGLAND AND FRANCE MODERN QUARTERED); STAR MINTMARK TO RIGHT OF TOP; CROSS DIVIDES DATE AT TOP OF SHIELD; OUTER LATIN LEGEND POSVI DEVM. MEVM (I HAVE MADE GOD MY HELPER); BEADED OUTER BORDER. 25.75 MM IN DIAMETER. 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 STYLE OF LADLE, RATHER THAN THE DATE OF AN INSET COIN, IS THE BETTER INDICATOR IN DATING A PIECE. THE COINS USED WERE USUALLY OLDER THAN THE ITEM AT TIME OF PRODUCTION. ROUND AND EGG SHAPED BOWLS NORMALLY DATE EARLIER THAN LIPPED BOWLS, WHICH WERE INTRODUCED IN THE MID 18th CENTURY, AND FACILITATED EASIER POURING OF THE TODDY. THE HALLMARK REQUIREMENTS MAY HAVE BEEN WAIVED WHEN SILVER COIN WAS USED, OR THE SILVERSMITH MAY HAVE AVOIDED PLACING INCRIMINATING MARKS IF COINAGE DEBASEMENT LAWS WERE EXISTENT OR ENFORCED. EITHER WAY, MOST LADLES SUCH AS THESE ARE UNMARKED BY THE MAKER. 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: 1714 -1830