Up for auction is an excellent antique American coffin end coin silver, punch/soup ladle by silversmiths Marcus Merriman and Co., New Haven, CT circa 1800. This ladle is not the tinny lightweight type that so often shows up on eBay. This ladle is 13 ½ inches long with its bowl 3 inches by 4 inches and ½ inch deep while weighing in at 5.23 Troy ounces. The ladle with crisp evidence of a name monogram is free of dents, splits, buffing, removals, bending or thinness and has a 100% intact bowl without wear. A fine example of a functional piece of early American silver.