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Punch Ladle

1814-15 (hallmarked)
Artist/Maker
Storr, Paul (maker)
Place of origin
London (assayed)

Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.


Object details

Object type
Punch ladle
Materials and techniques
Chased, moulded, silver and gilt
Silver
Gold
Chasing
Gilding
Casting
Brief description
Punch ladle, silver, Paul Storr, 1814.
Physical description
Silver bowl formed as a ribbed clam shell with curved handle
Dimensions
  • Length: 48.3cm
  • Weight: 724g
Credit line
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Object history
This ladle is one of a pair that originally accompanied a pair of bowls presented in 1814 to the corporation of Dover in memory of Peter Fector...The present whereabouts of the bowls and the other ladle are not known. The bowl of the ladle is cast from a real clam shell (Hippopus hippopus). It is an example of naturalism unusual for the period and contrasts with the more typical stylised foliage-and-bud decoration of the handle. (Schroder, 1988, p. 410)

Provenance: Corporation of Dover, Kent. Lillian and Morrie A. Moss.
Summary
Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
Bibliographic references
  • Schroder, Timothy. The Gilbert collection of gold and silver. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1988, cat. no.108, pp. 410-11. ISBN.0875871445
  • Jones, William Ezelle, Monumental Silver: Selections from the Gilbert Collection. Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1977 no.29
Other numbers
  • SG 62 - Arthur Gilbert Number
  • M.77.2.15 - LACMA
  • 1996.34 - The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House
  • SG 91
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
LOAN:GILBERT.848-2008

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Record createdJune 19, 2008
Record URL
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