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American Decorative Arts
Maker: Joseph Richardson Jr., American, 1752–1831
Punch Ladle
1735–45
Silver
15 13/16 in., 15 oz. (40.2 cm, 300 dwt)
Mabel Brady Garvan Collection
1948.217
Geography:
Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Culture:
American
Period:
18th century
Classification:
Flatware
Bibliography:
An Introduction to Silver: Catalogue of an Exhibition on View Oct. 31, 1953–May 9, 1954, exh. cat. (Newark, N.J.: Newark Museum, 1953), no. 211.
Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver in the Yale University Art Gallery, 2 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1970), vol. 2, p. 188, no. 841.
Martha Gandy Fales, Joseph Richardson and Family, Philadelphia Silversmiths (Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1974), 127, fig. 111.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
