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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 05-13-2012 01:40 PM
  
[01-3024] I bought three unmarked 8 1/2 inch toddy (?) ladles with baleen handles yesterday. I'm pretty sure they're silverplate--they feel like plate, there's a spot where I think I can see the base metal showing, and the seller charged me very little for them. My question is, when were they made? (And where?) They look like 18th century ones in shape, but the silverplate over white metal says they have to be later. But they can't be too late, or they wouldn't have baleen (whalebone), right? The ladles, shown with keys for scale: The spot where the base metal is showing: Close-up of the baleen: IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 05-13-2012 03:19 PM
Is there plate loss on the bowl ends? The tip may be a later replacement -- I have seen a good number of them missing from 18th c examples. IP: Logged |
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agphile Posts: 798 |
posted 05-13-2012 03:23 PM
I have a pair of Scottish baleen handled ladles similar in style to yours but marked for Edinburgh 1908 - bought near the outset of my collecting career from a dealer who had mistakenly claimed them to be 18th century and I only realised the mistake years later. I guess reproductions may have continued to be made a fair way into the 20th century. IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 05-13-2012 06:04 PM
Yes, alas, there's at least one tiny nick or scrape on each bowl edge where the base metal shows through. If these are solid silver, I'll eat my hat. So they may be 20th century? Too bad! I was hoping for Moby Dick era, at least. Oh well. They're cute and cost very little, and now I can use them without worrying about damaging something priceless. Anyone know when baleen stopped being used altogether? IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 05-13-2012 06:13 PM
And would anyone care for some toddy? IP: Logged |
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