1825 London Sterling Large Ladle

GEORGE IV PERIOD (1825-26)
London Sterling large Ladle,
fine & heavy 14" punch or soup ladle,
back-arched Fiddle Thread handle, eagle armorial

Date mark :"k" (1825-26),
Good distinct hallmarks : Geo IV profile,
leopard head, lion passant

Maker mark "WC" (in rect), William Chawner (mark entered 1815)

Armorial : EAGLE ARISING FROM A CRESCENT (for the family Bristow, or Bairstow) (ref : pl 84 # 4, Fairbairn's Book of Crests)

wt : 8.6 troy oz

# mrrs 22005 a ..................................................... $ 550.