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Silver punch ladle commemorating the Battle of the Saints, 12 April 1782.
Silver punch ladle commemorating the Battle of the Saints, 12 April 1782.
The ladle has a semi-circular silver bowl with slight husk pattern on the flared collar and a pouring lip. The handle is of twisted baleen with a small silver finial, mounted in a silver socket on one side of the bowl. The underside of the bowl has an engraving of a French first rate wearing French fleurs de lys flags, and above it the inscription: 'The Ville de Parie taken ye 12 April 1782'.
The ladle has a semi-circular silver bowl with slight husk pattern on the flared collar and a pouring lip. The handle is of twisted baleen with a small silver finial, mounted in a silver socket on one side of the bowl. The underside of the bowl has an engraving of a French first rate wearing French fleurs de lys flags, and above it the inscription: 'The Ville de Parie taken ye 12 April 1782'.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA0483 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Ladle |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | American War of Independence: Battle of the Saints, 1782 |
| Vessels: | H.M.S. Ville de Paris (1782) |
| Date made: | circa 1782 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 350 x 75 x 70 mm |