silver punch ladle - Germany
this is a silver punch ladle with turned wooden handle made in Frankfurt am Main(Germany) around 1830
by silversmith Johann Philipp Hoffmann (1794-after 1842), Master 1827 (ref. Schleffler, Hesse, Frankfurt aM
#562, mark338: courtesy Charles C. Cage).The purity degree of silver is 13 loth, corresponding to 812,5/1000.
This punch ladle is 10 in. long (cm. 25) and was bought from an English dealer through the Internet.
This item is not for sale, but most of my pieces were bought through the Internet. On the bottom and on the right bar of this page there are some links to silver and antique dealers websites
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This is a page of 'The What is? Silver Dictionary' of A Small Collection of Antique Silver and Objects of vertu, a 1500 pages richly illustrated website offering all you need to know about antique silver, sterling silver, silverplate, Sheffield plate, electroplate silver, silverware, flatware, tea services and tea complements, marks and hallmarks, articles, books, auction catalogs, famous silversmiths (Tiffany, Gorham, Jensen, Elkington), history, oddities ...