Ladle

Collection object


1984.0074
L. handle 14.5 W. max 1.6 min 0.5 W. at bowl 1.1 T. max 0.25 D. bowl 5.6 L. drop 1.1 W. drop 1.0.
Ladle, sauce, Limerick silver by William Fitzgerald. Plain tapered handle with round pointed tip and lobe-shaped ridge on underside of tip. Crest, an eagle rising from a ground, wings upright, head l., a shamrock in its beak, on the handle. Hemispherical bowl with straight ended drop. Marks: Plume of three feathers between WFG in rectangle to each side, on underside of handle where it begins to widen.


William Fitzgerald (silversmith)